# Qwen3.6-27B

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.

Last verified: 2026-10-26 · Evidence: Reported · Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/models/qwen3-6-27b · JSON: https://theagenticweekly.com/api/models/qwen3-6-27b

## Key facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Alibaba |  |
| Released | Apr 22, 2026 | https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3.8 |
| API id | `Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B` | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens (262K). Native; extensible to 1,010,000 tokens per the model card. | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |
| Parameters | 27B total, dense | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (open weights) | https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B |

## What we tested

Nothing yet. We have not run Qwen3.6-27B ourselves, so every fact here is Reported from the sources below.

## Not verified, left out

- 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

- [Hugging Face model card](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B)
- [Qwen on GitHub](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3.8)
- [Alibaba Cloud launch post](https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/qwen-3-6-27b-flagship-level-coding-in-a-27b-dense-model_603063)

Data licence: CC BY 4.0. Data: Agentic Weekly (https://theagenticweekly.com), CC BY 4.0.