Head-to-Head Model Comparison

Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison

Verificato dal team di ricerca di GetInfoUsUltima verifica: October 2026Politica editoriale

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Alibaba

Qwen3.6 Plus

IA Multimodale Nativa

Qwen3.6 Plus di Alibaba è un modello di IA progettato per la comprensione multimodale nativa di testo e immagini e l’analisi visiva dei documenti, con finestra di contesto da 1M, velocità di 90 token/s, indice di intelligenza di 88/100 e ta

Intelligence Index88 / 100

Input Token:

$0.70 / 1M

Output Token:

$2.80 / 1M

Context Window:

1M tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

66.5%

Alibaba

Qwen3.6 Flash

IA Multimodale Nativa

Qwen3.6 Flash di Alibaba è un modello di IA progettato per la comprensione multimodale nativa di testo e immagini e l’analisi visiva dei documenti, con finestra di contesto da 1M, velocità di 145 token/s, indice di intelligenza di 81/100 e

Intelligence Index81 / 100

Input Token:

$0.08 / 1M

Output Token:

$0.32 / 1M

Context Window:

1M tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

N/A

Differenze Chiave a Colpo d’Occhio

Qwen3.6 Flash is 8.7x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
Qwen3.6 Flash is faster at 145 tok/s vs 90 tok/s.

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Feature	Qwen3.6 Plus	Qwen3.6 Flash
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100)	88	81
Provider	Alibaba	Alibaba
Input Price Cost per million input tokens	$0.70 / 1M	$0.08 / 1M
Output Price Cost per million output tokens	$2.80 / 1M	$0.32 / 1M
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M	$0.47 / 1M	$0.05 / 1M
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens	1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text	1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text
Max Output Tokens Per single request	16K	16K
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second	90 tok/s	145 tok/s
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering	66.5%	N/A
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning	73.8%	61.5%
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens	$0.07 / 1M	$0.01 / 1M

Chi vince in ogni categoria?

At-a-glance decision framework

Coding

Evaluations ongoing

Cost

Qwen3.6 Flash

8.7x cheaper monthly runtime

Speed

Qwen3.6 Flash

+61% faster generation

Context

Tied

1M tokens window

Punteggi Benchmark Verificati

Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.

Qwen3.6 PlusQwen3.6 Flash

SWE-bench Verified (Autonomous Coding)

Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.

66.5%vsN/A

GPQA Diamond (Doctorate-Level Science & Math)

Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.

73.8%vs61.5%

MMLU-Pro (Multi-task Language Understanding)

Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.

86.2%vs78%

LMSYS Chatbot Arena Elo

Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.

1425ptsvs1320pts

Generation Speed (Throughput)

Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.

90 tok/s vs145 tok/s

Latenza e Tempo di Risposta

Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.

Time to First Token (TTFT)Lower is better

Qwen3.6 Plus0.46s

Qwen3.6 Flash0.31s

Est. End-to-End Response (500 tokens)TTFT + generation time

Qwen3.6 Plus6.02s

Qwen3.6 Flash3.76s

Simulatore Interattivo dei Costi Token

Adjust sliders to calculate projected monthly cloud API spending with prompt caching discounts.

Daily Input Tokens100K / day

10K500K1M

Daily Output Tokens30K / day

5K150K300K

Prompt Cache Hit Ratio50% cached

0% (Cold)50%90% (Warm)

Qwen3.6 Plus Monthly API Bill

$3.67 / month

$0.7/1M in · $2.8/1M out

Qwen3.6 Flash Monthly API Bill

$0.42 / month

$0.08/1M in · $0.32/1M out

Qwen3.6 Flash saves approximately $3.25 / month (89%) under this workload.8.7x Savings

Qwen3.6 Plus · Strengths & Key Advantages

Finestra di contesto da 1M con capacità massima di output fino a 16K token (SWE-bench Verified 66.5% · GPQA Diamond 73.8%)
Throughput elevato di 90 token/secondo con latenza al primo token (TTFT) di soli 460 ms
Economia API competitiva ($0.7/$2.8 per 1M di token) con supporto per prompt caching, tool calling e output JSON strutturati

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modello cloud proprietario chiuso; non consente il download locale dei pesi per l’esecuzione offline
Nelle dimostrazioni scientifiche più estreme, i modelli di ragionamento pesante dedicati offrono maggiore profondità

Qwen3.6 Flash · Strengths & Key Advantages

Finestra di contesto da 1M con capacità massima di output fino a 16K token (GPQA Diamond 61.5% · MMLU-Pro 78%)
Throughput elevato di 145 token/secondo con latenza al primo token (TTFT) di soli 310 ms
Economia API competitiva ($0.08/$0.32 per 1M di token) con supporto per prompt caching, tool calling e output JSON strutturati

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modello cloud proprietario chiuso; non consente il download locale dei pesi per l’esecuzione offline
Nelle dimostrazioni scientifiche più estreme, i modelli di ragionamento pesante dedicati offrono maggiore profondità

Token Use & Task Economics

Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.

Metric	Qwen3.6 Plus	Qwen3.6 Flash
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task	$0.21	$0.03
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task	25K	16K
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task	9K	2K

Specifiche Tecniche

Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.

Feature	Qwen3.6 Plus	Qwen3.6 Flash
Official API Model ID (SDK)	qwen3-6-plus-instruct	qwen3-6-flash-instruct
API Protocol	Alibaba REST API (OpenAI-Compatible)	Alibaba REST API (OpenAI-Compatible)
Release Date	2026-04	2026-04
Knowledge Cutoff	February 2026	March 2026
Architecture	High-Throughput Multimodal Foundation Transformer	High-Efficiency Multimodal Vision Transformer
Parameters	Confidential	Confidential
Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM)	5,000 – 15,000 RPM (Production Tier) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 TPM	5,000 – 15,000 RPM (Production Tier) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 TPM
Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K)	Flat rate ($0.7/1M in) across full 1000K window	Flat rate ($0.08/1M in) across full 1000K window
Prompt Cache Policy & TTL	Cached input at $0.07/1M tokens	Cached input at $0.008/1M tokens
Computer Use / GUI Agent	Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops)	Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops)
MCP & Parallel Tool Calling	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
Web Search Grounding & Sandbox	Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools	Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools
Official Fine-Tuning Support	API Prompt Engineering & RAG Distillation	API Prompt Engineering & RAG Distillation
Multimodal Token Billing	Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)	Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)
Quantization & Min GPU VRAM	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)
Safety & Frontier Classification	Alibaba Production Safety & Alignment Verified	Alibaba Production Safety & Alignment Verified
Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2)	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier
Input Modalities	text, vision	text, vision
Output Modalities	text	text

Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.6 Flash: Risposte Rapide (FAQ)

Which is more intelligent, Qwen3.6 Plus or Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Plus is more intelligent. It scores 88 compared with 81 on the composite Intelligence Index.

Which model is faster?

Qwen3.6 Flash is faster, generating 145 tokens per second compared with 90 tokens per second.

Which model is cheaper to run?

Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.05 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $0.47 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).

Which model has lower latency?

Qwen3.6 Flash has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.31s compared with 0.46s.

Verdetto

Sia Qwen3.6 Plus (Ideale per la comprensione multimodale nativa di testo e immagini e l’analisi visiva dei documenti, sistemi RAG aziendali e integrazioni API scalabili.) sia Qwen3.6 Flash (Ideale per la comprensione multimodale nativa di testo e immagini e l’analisi visiva dei documenti, sistemi RAG aziendali e integrazioni API scalabili.) eccellono in produzione: Qwen3.6 Plus guida nei benchmark di ragionamento e programmazione, Qwen3.6 Flash garantisce una generazione più rapida e Qwen3.6 Flash offre il miglior rapporto qualità-prezzo per carichi API elevati.

Domande Frequenti (FAQ)

Quale modello è migliore per coding e ragionamento, Qwen3.6 Plus o Qwen3.6 Flash?+

Nell’indice di intelligenza composito e nei benchmark di programmazione prevale Qwen3.6 Plus. Consulta i punteggi SWE-bench e GPQA qui sopra per tutti i dettagli.

Qual è la differenza di prezzo API tra Qwen3.6 Plus e Qwen3.6 Flash?+

Qwen3.6 Plus costa $0.70 / $2.80 per milione di token di input/output, mentre Qwen3.6 Flash costa $0.08 / $0.32. Nel costo combinato, Qwen3.6 Flash risulta più economico.

Quale modello ha la finestra di contesto più ampia e la velocità maggiore?+

Qwen3.6 Plus supporta 1M token di contesto contro 1M token di Qwen3.6 Flash, mentre Qwen3.6 Flash offre una velocità di generazione superiore.

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Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Cambia e Confronta Qualsiasi Modello

Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Flash

Chi vince in ogni categoria?

Punteggi Benchmark Verificati

Latenza e Tempo di Risposta

Simulatore Interattivo dei Costi Token

Qwen3.6 Plus · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

Qwen3.6 Flash · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

Token Use & Task Economics

Specifiche Tecniche

Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.6 Flash: Risposte Rapide (FAQ)

Verdetto

Domande Frequenti (FAQ)

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