Qwen3 Embedding 8B
Qwen3 Embedding 8B is Alibaba's embedding model with a 41K context window and up to 4K output tokens, available from 4 providers, starting at $0.02 / 1M input. An 8B-parameter text embedding model from the Qwen3 series with strong multilingual capabilities and long-context support for retrieval and ranking tasks.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text·
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding✓
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard |
|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | |
| $0.02 | |
| $0.07 | |
| $0.1 | |
| $0.05 |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Qwen3 Embedding 8B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 19 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g2-standard-4 |  GCP | nvidia-l4 | 24 GB | $0.705/hr | us-east4 | |
| g6.xlarge |  AWS | L4 | 22 GB | $0.805/hr | us-east-1 | |
| g2-standard-8 | GCP | nvidia-l4 | 24 GB | $0.851/hr | us-east4 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voyage 4 Nano | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B | 33K | $0.010 | — | Available | |
| Qwen3 Embedding 8B | 41K | $0.020 | — | Current | |
| Qwen3 Embedding 4B | 41K | $0.020 | — | Available | |
| Qwen3 14B | 132K | $0.060 | $0.200 | Available | |
| Qwen3 32B | 131K | $0.050 | $0.100 | Deprecated | |
| Qwen3 8B | 131K | $0.035 | $0.138 | Available | |
| Qwen3 4B Instruct | — | 262K | $0.010 | $0.030 | Available |
| KwaiPilot KAT 32B Dev | — | 131K | $0.900 | $0.900 | Available |
| Qwen3 0.6B | — | 41K | $0.100 | $0.100 | Available |
| Qwen3 1.7B | — | 131K | $0.100 | $0.100 | Available |