Qwen3 6
Best configuration ranks #60 of 610 on the BenchLeader Index at 62.0 ±2.9 (max reasoning effort). Released 20 Apr 2026.
- Blended price
- $2.92/M
- $1.30 in · $7.80 out
- Output speed
- 58 tok/s
- First answer
- 38 s
- first token 2.12 s
- Context
- 256k
- Overall index62
- Agents & tools72
- Knowledge68
- Instruction following74
- Long context67
- Composite65
Reasoning-effort configurations
The same model behaves differently depending on how much it is allowed to think. Each row is one setting, scored only on the benchmarks that were run at that setting. “Default” means the publisher did not say which setting was used.
| Effort | Index | Rank | Speed | First answer | Chat reply cost | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| maxbest | 62.0 | #60 | 58 tok/s | 38 s | $0.0029 | Agents & tools 72 · Composite 65 · Instruction following 74 · Knowledge 68 · Long context 67 |
| default | 59.5 | #101 | 47 tok/s | 2.12 s | $0.0029 | Coding 58 · Human preference 66 · Knowledge 61 · Maths 64 · Reasoning 63 |
Benchmark results
One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.
Reasoning
| Benchmark | max | default | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | – | 87.4%#61 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| SimpleBench | – | 63.0%#20 | SimpleBench | |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | – | 1482#52 | LMArena | |
| GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index | 88.8%#85 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index | 30.8%#97 | – | Artificial Analysis |
Coding
| Benchmark | max | default | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch) | – | 76.7%#9 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| LMArena Coding | – | 1509#46 | LMArena | |
| LMArena WebDev | – | 1479#45 | LMArena | |
| SWE-bench (Vals)not in index | – | 72.8%#52 | Vals AI |
Agents & tools
| Benchmark | max | default | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 43.9%#35 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index | 95.9%#16 | – | Artificial Analysis |
Maths
| Benchmark | max | default | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | – | 91.1%#55 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub |
Knowledge
| Benchmark | max | default | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | – | 52.0%#18 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| AA-Omniscience | 9.2#65 | – | Artificial Analysis | |
| CorpFin | – | 66.5%#18 | Vals AI |
Instruction following
| Benchmark | max | default | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 76.6%#19 | – | Artificial Analysis |
Human preference
| Benchmark | max | default | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | – | 1460#50 | LMArena |
Long context
| Benchmark | max | default | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA-LCR | 80.7%#41 | – | Artificial Analysis |
Composite
| Benchmark | max | default | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Indexnot in index | 149.3#48 | – | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| AA Intelligence Index | 28.4#90 | – | Artificial Analysis |
Where to run it
Every provider serving this model through OpenRouter, with throughput and first-token latency measured on live traffic over the last 30 minutes and each provider’s own price. Purple marks the best in each column.
| Provider | Speed | First token | Input $/M | Output $/M | Context | Quantisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud Int. | 47 tok/s | 2.12 s | $1.03 | $6.16 | 262k | – |
Price history
Listed price per 1M tokens over time, as recorded by OpenRouter for the provider with the longest history.
What a task costs
Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache at $0.132 per 1M. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Cost | With caching | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 400 / 300 | $0.0029 | $0.0025 | 42.9 s |
| Summarise a 30-page report | 12,000 / 600 | $0.020 | $0.0098 | 48.0 s |
| Code edit | 6,000 / 1,500 | $0.019 | $0.014 | 1.1 min |
| Agentic coding session | 60,000 / 4,000 | $0.109 | $0.057 | 1.8 min |
| Structured extraction | 2,000 / 200 | $0.0042 | $0.0024 | 41.2 s |
See also
Data as of 9 Sept 2026. Compare these configurations.