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Qwen3 Embedding 8B


Qwen3 Embedding 8B is Alibaba logoAlibaba's embedding model with a 41K context window and up to 4K output tokens, available from 3 providers, starting at $0.020 / 1M input and $N/A / 1M output. An 8B-parameter text embedding model from the Qwen3 series with strong multilingual capabilities and long-context support for retrieval and ranking tasks.
Spec
Canonical IDalibaba-qwen3-embedding-8b
TypeEmbedding
StatusActive
CreatorAlibabaAlibaba
Providers
Context Window41K tokens
Max Output4K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesEmbedding
Parameters8B
HuggingFace Likes656
HuggingFace Downloads (30d)1,900,241
HuggingFace Downloads (all-time)10,616,532
Release Date · 11 months 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

ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Other/Llamagate
llamagate/qwen3-embedding-8b
$0.020
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
alibaba/qwen3-embedding-8b
$0.050
Novita logo
Novita
novita/qwen/qwen3-embedding-8b
$0.070

Cost Calculator

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Compares every provider & tier in USD

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen3 8B131K$0.200$0.200Available
Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B33K$0.010$0.000Available
Qwen3 Embedding 8B41K$0.020$0.000Current
Qwen3 Embedding 4B41K$0.020$0.000Available
Qwen3 14B131K$0.060$0.200Available
Qwen3 32B131K$0.050$0.100Available
Qwen3 8B131K$0.035$0.138Available
KwaiPilot KAT 32B Dev131K$0.900$0.900Available
Qwen3 0.6B41K$0.100$0.100Available
Qwen3 1.7B131K$0.100$0.100Available
Qwen3 4B131K$0.030$0.030Available

Model IDs