Qwen3 Embedding 4B is Alibaba's embedding model with a 41K context window, starting at $0.02 / 1M input. A 4B-parameter text embedding model from the Qwen3 series, delivering strong multilingual retrieval, classification, and clustering performance.
Specifications
Canonical IDalibaba-qwen3-embedding-4b
TypeEmbedding
StatusActive
CreatorAlibabaAlibaba
Providers
Context Window41K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesEmbedding
Parameters4B
Release Date · 1 year ago

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
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
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Vercel AI Gateway
alibaba/qwen3-embedding-4b
$0.02

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host Qwen3 Embedding 4B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 10 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

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FP16 (full precision)
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Instance
Cloud
GPU
VRAM
Price
Cheapest region
Standard_NV4as_v4AzureAMD Radeon Instinct MI2516 GB$0.233/hrwestus2
g5g.xlargeAWST4g16 GB$0.420/hrus-east-1
Standard_NV8as_v4AzureAMD Radeon Instinct MI2516 GB$0.466/hrwestus2
7 more instances can run Qwen3 Embedding 4B
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Voyage 4 NanoAvailable
Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B33K$0.010Available
Qwen3 Embedding 4B41K$0.020Current
Qwen3 Embedding 8B41K$0.020Available
Qwen3 14B132K$0.060$0.200Available
Qwen3 32B131K$0.050$0.100Deprecated
Qwen3 8B131K$0.035$0.138Available
Qwen3 4B Instruct262K$0.010$0.030Available
KwaiPilot KAT 32B Dev131K$0.900$0.900Available
Qwen3 0.6B41K$0.100$0.100Available
Qwen3 1.7B131K$0.100$0.100Available

Model IDs

accounts/fireworks/models/qwen3-embedding-4b
alibaba-qwen3-embedding-4b
alibaba/qwen3-embedding-4b
fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/qwen3-embedding-4b
Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-4B