{
  "site": "Agentic Weekly",
  "dataset": "Agentic Weekly model facts",
  "as_of": "2026-10-26",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "attribution": "Data: Agentic Weekly (https://theagenticweekly.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "page": "https://theagenticweekly.com/models",
  "evidence_labels": {
    "Reported": "Read from the cited vendor page on the as-of date; not run by us.",
    "Tested": "We ran it ourselves; scope is stated in tested_note. No model is Tested yet."
  },
  "model": {
    "slug": "qwen3-6-27b",
    "name": "Qwen3.6-27B",
    "vendor": "Alibaba",
    "family": "Qwen",
    "category": "llm",
    "status": "generally-available",
    "groups": [
      "open-weights",
      "coding",
      "local"
    ],
    "short_answer": "Qwen3.6-27B is an Alibaba language model released Apr 22, 2026; Alibaba's newest language model in our dataset is Qwen3.8-27B. Open weights (Apache-2.0). Alibaba's 27B dense multimodal open-weights model under Apache 2.0, released Apr 22, 2026. It is often listed as new in late October because gateways added it then; Qwen3.8-27B (Aug 14, 2026) is the newer 27B. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.",
    "summary": "Alibaba's 27B dense multimodal open-weights model under Apache 2.0, released Apr 22, 2026. It is often listed as new in late October because gateways added it then; Qwen3.8-27B (Aug 14, 2026) is the newer 27B.",
    "release_date": "2026-04-22",
    "latest_update": null,
    "api_id": "Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B",
    "context_tokens": 262144,
    "max_output_tokens": null,
    "input_modalities": null,
    "output_modalities": null,
    "parameters": {
      "total": "27B",
      "architecture": "dense"
    },
    "license": "Apache-2.0",
    "open_weights": true,
    "pricing": null,
    "evidence": "Reported",
    "tested_note": null,
    "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
    "is_stale": false,
    "facts": {
      "release_date": {
        "value": "2026-04-22",
        "source_url": "https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3.8",
        "as_of": "2026-10-26",
        "evidence": "Reported",
        "note": "The Qwen repository news list says Qwen3.6-27B became available on Hugging Face Hub and ModelScope on 2026-04-22."
      },
      "api_id": {
        "value": "Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B",
        "source_url": "https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B",
        "as_of": "2026-10-26",
        "evidence": "Reported"
      },
      "context_tokens": {
        "value": 262144,
        "source_url": "https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B",
        "as_of": "2026-10-26",
        "evidence": "Reported",
        "note": "Native; extensible to 1,010,000 tokens per the model card."
      },
      "parameters": {
        "value": {
          "total": "27B",
          "architecture": "dense"
        },
        "source_url": "https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B",
        "as_of": "2026-10-26",
        "evidence": "Reported"
      },
      "license": {
        "value": {
          "type": "open-weights",
          "name": "Apache-2.0",
          "openWeights": true
        },
        "source_url": "https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B",
        "as_of": "2026-10-26",
        "evidence": "Reported"
      }
    },
    "vendor_claims": [],
    "notes": [],
    "not_verified": [
      "Hosted API pricing was not verified: Alibaba's launch post says Model Studio API access was coming soon.",
      "Aggregators such as LLM Gateway list it as added on Oct 21, 2026; that is the date a gateway added it, not Alibaba's release date."
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Hugging Face model card",
        "url": "https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B"
      },
      {
        "label": "Qwen on GitHub",
        "url": "https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3.8"
      },
      {
        "label": "Alibaba Cloud launch post",
        "url": "https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/qwen-3-6-27b-flagship-level-coding-in-a-27b-dense-model_603063"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://theagenticweekly.com/models/qwen3-6-27b",
    "markdown": "https://theagenticweekly.com/models/qwen3-6-27b.md",
    "api": "https://theagenticweekly.com/api/models/qwen3-6-27b"
  }
}