Compare Qwen3.6 Plus from Qwen and Phi 4 from Microsoft on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.
Qwen3.6 Plus and Phi 4 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.
Qwen3.6 Plus, from Qwen, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.325/M tokens input, $1.95/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
Phi 4, from Microsoft, has a 16,384-token context window and is priced at $0.07/M tokens input, $0.14/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
| Qwen3.6 Plus | Phi 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.325/M tokens | $0.07/M tokens |
| Output price | $1.95/M tokens | $0.14/M tokens |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 16,384 tokens |
| Intelligence Index | 27.0 | 5.9 |
| Coding Index | 54.5 | Not available |
| Agentic Index | Not available | Not available |
| Latency (p50) | 0.89 s | 0.33 s |
| Throughput (p50) | 41.0 tok/s | 66.0 tok/s |
Qwen3.6 Plus has the longer context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 16,384 tokens for Phi 4.
Phi 4 is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 66.0 tokens per second compared with 41.0 tokens per second for Qwen3.6 Plus.