Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is a multimodal model from Qwen that accepts text, image, and video inputs, making it one of the fewer models that can process video natively. It supports tool use and reasoning, which positions it for agentic and multi-step workflows. Its context window reaches one million tokens, useful for long-document tasks. Structured output support is unconfirmed based on available data. On benchmarks, the model scores 68.1 across three tests, with a notably strong coding result of 90.0 and a weaker agentic score of 45.5, so expect uneven performance depending on task type. At $0.325 per million input tokens and $1.95 per million output tokens, it sits in a mid-range price band. Teams that need video understanding or long-context processing at this price point have few alternatives, but the limited benchmark coverage means its broader capability profile remains partly unproven.
- Model ID
- qwen/qwen3.6-plus
- Vendor
- qwen
- Tokenizer
- Qwen3
- Input Modalities
- text, image, video
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 65,536 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- no
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Category rankings
Where Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus places across the 73 categories it ranks in. How we rank →
| # | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #4 | Image CaptioningVision · of 25 ranked | 121 |
| #4 | Video SummarizationVideo · of 25 ranked | 154 |
| #6 | Customer SupportBusiness · of 25 ranked | 133 |
| #7 | Trivia & General KnowledgePersonal · of 25 ranked | 120 |
| #8 | Bulk Data LabelingData · of 25 ranked | 134 |
| #8 | Short-Form SummarizationWriting · of 25 ranked | 130 |
| #8 | Email DraftingWriting · of 25 ranked | 126 |
| #8 | Language LearningEducation · of 25 ranked | 126 |
| #8 | Chat CompanionPersonal · of 25 ranked | 130 |
| #8 | Dataset AnnotationResearch · of 25 ranked | 143 |
| #9 | Code CompletionCode · of 25 ranked | 132 |
| #9 | JSON ExtractionData · of 25 ranked | 146 |
| #11 | OCR / Document ParsingData · of 25 ranked | 144 |
| #11 | Table Extraction from PDFsData · of 25 ranked | 144 |
| #11 | Sales / Cold EmailBusiness · of 25 ranked | 122 |
| #11 | Job Application DraftingBusiness · of 25 ranked | 122 |
| #11 | Journaling HelperPersonal · of 25 ranked | 122 |
| #11 | Recipe GenerationPersonal · of 25 ranked | 122 |
| #12 | Frontend Component DesignCode · of 25 ranked | 141 |
| #12 | Diagram ExtractionVision · of 25 ranked | 145 |
| #12 | Chart & Graph ReadingVision · of 25 ranked | 146 |
| #12 | Browser AutomationAgents · of 25 ranked | 160 |
| #13 | Resume WritingBusiness · of 25 ranked | 116 |
| #14 | Meeting NotesBusiness · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #14 | Screenshot DebuggingVision · of 25 ranked | 137 |
| #14 | Video Auto-TaggingVideo · of 25 ranked | 123 |
| #15 | Code DocumentationCode · of 25 ranked | 140 |
| #15 | CI/CD PipelinesCode · of 25 ranked | 139 |
| #15 | CSV / Spreadsheet CleanupData · of 25 ranked | 151 |
| #15 | Blog Post WritingWriting · of 25 ranked | 135 |
| #15 | SOP / Process DocsBusiness · of 25 ranked | 134 |
| #15 | Trip PlanningPersonal · of 25 ranked | 135 |
| #16 | Code ReviewCode · of 25 ranked | 158 |
| #16 | Regex WritingCode · of 25 ranked | 132 |
| #16 | ETL ScriptingData · of 25 ranked | 148 |
| #16 | Language TranslationWriting · of 25 ranked | 132 |
| #16 | Medical Note SummarizationProfessional · of 25 ranked | 148 |
| #16 | Essay GradingEducation · of 25 ranked | 158 |
| #16 | RFP ResponseBusiness · of 25 ranked | 166 |
| #16 | Tutoring for KidsPersonal · of 25 ranked | 132 |
| #17 | Code RefactoringCode · of 25 ranked | 157 |
| #17 | Bug FixingCode · of 25 ranked | 168 |
| #17 | Unit Test GenerationCode · of 25 ranked | 148 |
| #17 | Contract ReviewProfessional · of 25 ranked | 168 |
| #17 | Agent WorkflowsAgents · of 25 ranked | 178 |
| #17 | Function / Tool CallingAgents · of 25 ranked | 146 |
| #17 | RAG PipelinesAgents · of 25 ranked | 157 |
| #17 | Coding AgentsAgents · of 25 ranked | 178 |
| #17 | Character RoleplayPersonal · of 25 ranked | 145 |
| #17 | Scientific CodingResearch · of 25 ranked | 168 |
| #18 | SQL GenerationCode · of 25 ranked | 163 |
| #18 | Marketing CopyWriting · of 25 ranked | 126 |
| #18 | Transcript CleanupWriting · of 25 ranked | 139 |
| #18 | Financial AnalysisProfessional · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #18 | History TutoringEducation · of 25 ranked | 139 |
| #18 | Standardized Test PrepEducation · of 25 ranked | 126 |
| #18 | Fitness CoachingPersonal · of 25 ranked | 129 |
| #19 | Data AnalysisData · of 25 ranked | 159 |
| #19 | Long-Document SummarizationWriting · of 25 ranked | 154 |
| #19 | Creative WritingWriting · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #19 | Screenwriting & DialogWriting · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #19 | Academic WritingWriting · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #19 | Legal DraftingProfessional · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #19 | Legal ResearchProfessional · of 25 ranked | 159 |
| #19 | Scientific ResearchProfessional · of 25 ranked | 159 |
| #19 | Math TutoringEducation · of 25 ranked | 140 |
| #19 | OKRs & Strategic PlanningBusiness · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #19 | Fiction CollaboratorPersonal · of 25 ranked | 159 |
| #19 | Math ProofsResearch · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #19 | Literature ReviewResearch · of 25 ranked | 159 |
| #19 | Experiment DesignResearch · of 25 ranked | 149 |
| #20 | Physics TutoringEducation · of 25 ranked | 140 |
| #21 | Long-Context Q&AAgents · of 25 ranked | 148 |