Model comparison
Qwen 3.6 Plus vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Alibaba
Qwen 3.6 Plus
Alibaba's broad open-weights family, strong on multilingual.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6
The pragmatic default — Claude quality without Opus pricing.
Specs
| Metric | Qwen 3.6 Plus | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens↑ | 1M tokens |
| Input $/1M tokens | $0.325↑ | $3.00 |
| Output $/1M tokens | $1.95↑ | $15.00 |
| Modalities | Text · Image · Video | Text · Image |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
| Released | Sep 2024 | — |
Capability differences
| Capability | Qwen 3.6 Plus | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Extended thinking | No | Yes |
| Prompt caching | No | Yes |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
Key differences
- —Input pricing: Qwen 3.6 Plus at $0.325/1M vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.00/1M.
- —Qwen 3.6 Plus is open weights; Claude Sonnet 4.6 is proprietary.