Qwen: Qwen3 8B
QWEN Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1150Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context40,960Tokens
API Cost / 1M$0.45Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
- Drafting
- Classification
Qwen3-8B is a dense 8.2B parameter causal language model from the Qwen3 series, designed for both reasoning-heavy tasks and efficient dialogue. It supports seamless switching between "thinking" mode for math, coding, and logical inference, and "non-thinking" mode for general conversation. The model is fine-tuned for instruction-following, agent integration, creative writing, and multilingual use across 100+ languages and dialects. It natively supports a 32K token context window and can extend to 131K tokens with YaRN scaling.
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.05 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$0.40 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
Evaluate Competitors
VS Engine MatchupQwen: Qwen3 8B vs ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-LiteVS Engine MatchupQwen: Qwen3 8B vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3BVS Engine MatchupQwen: Qwen3 8B vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-FlashVS Engine MatchupQwen: Qwen3 8B vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free)VS Engine MatchupQwen: Qwen3 8B vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5VS Engine MatchupQwen: Qwen3 8B vs StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free)