Qwen3 8B
Alibaba · Released Apr 2025
Qwen3 8B is a 8.2B parameter language model from Alibaba that supports both standard inference and extended thinking mode for complex reasoning tasks.
- Strengths
- Efficient size makes it suitable for deployment on resource-constrained hardware while maintaining capability in reasoning-heavy workloads through its thinking mode.
- Best for
- Running locally or on edge devices where you need reasoning capability without the overhead of larger models, and dialogue applications that benefit from a compact footprint.
- Limitations
- As a smaller model, it has reduced capacity compared to larger variants and may struggle with highly complex multi-step reasoning or niche domain knowledge without extended thinking mode.
Input / 1M
$0.117
Output / 1M
$0.455
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
131K
Price history
Input (solid)Output (dashed)
Price change
- 30d
- in increased 134.0% out increased 13.8%
- 90d
- in increased 134.0% out increased 13.8%
- 1y
- in increased 134.0% out increased 13.8%
- Since launch
- in increased 134.0% out increased 13.8%
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2026 | $0.117 | $0.455 | — | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 11 Jun 2026 | $0.05 | $0.4 | $0.05 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |