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Alternatives to Qwen3.6 27B

For summarising documents cheaply, Qwen3.6 27B scores 18 and costs $3.48 per 1,000 summaries. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 18$1.35 / 1M
92% similarOpen weightsMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI
Overall18±0
Blended / 1M$3.00+122%
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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3.6 27BOverall±0Coding–Writing–Support–Value−4Context262K
84% similarGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Overall29+11
Blended / 1M$0.85−37%
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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Qwen3.6 27BOverall+11Coding–Writing–Support–Value+14Context1M
83% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA
Overall34+16
Blended / 1M$1.05−22%
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Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Qwen3.6 27BOverall+16Coding–Writing–Support–Value+17Context262K
79% similarOpen weightsMiniMax-M3MiniMax
Overall31+13
Blended / 1M$0.53−61%
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MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen3.6 27BOverall+13Coding–Writing–Support–Value+19Context1M
78% similarOpen weightsGemma 4 31B ITGoogle
Overall28+10
Blended / 1M$0.25−81%
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Gemma 4 31B IT vs Qwen3.6 27BOverall+10Coding–Writing–Support–Value+19Context262K
78% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA
Overall27+9
Blended / 1M$0.24−82%
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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Qwen3.6 27BOverall+9Coding–Writing–Support–Value+18Context1M
78% similarNova 2 LiteAmazon
Overall0−18
Blended / 1M$0.94−31%
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Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3.6 27BOverall−18Coding–Writing–Support–Value−15Context1M
75% similarMistral Large 4Mistral AI
Overall37+19
Blended / 1M$2.07+53%
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Mistral Large 4 vs Qwen3.6 27BOverall+19Coding–Writing–Support–Value+17Context1M
74% similarGrok 4.7xAI
Overall35+17
Blended / 1M$3.00+122%
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Grok 4.7 vs Qwen3.6 27BOverall+17Coding–Writing–Support–Value+13Context500K

Similarity is closeness in summarising documents cheaply score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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