Qwen3 8B is Alibaba's language model with a 131K context window and up to 20K output tokens, available from 6 providers, starting at $0.035 / 1M input and $0.138 / 1M output. An 8B-parameter dense LLM from the Qwen3 series with strong reasoning capabilities and support for hybrid thinking and non-thinking inference modes.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities4/13
Reasoning✓
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Batch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.18 | $0.7 | $0.09 | $0.35 | |
| $0.2 | $0.2 | — | — | |
| $0.07 | $0.18 | — | — | |
| $0.04 | $0.14 | — | — | |
| $0.035 | $0.138 | — | — | |
| $0.117 | $0.455 | — | — | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Qwen3 8B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 19 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g2-standard-4 | nvidia-l4 | 24 GB | $0.705/hr | us-east4 | ||
| g6.xlarge | L4 | 22 GB | $0.805/hr | us-east-1 | ||
| g2-standard-8 | 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 4B | 41K | $0.020 | — | Available | |
| Qwen3 Embedding 8B | 41K | $0.020 | — | Available | |
| Qwen3 8B | 131K | $0.035 | $0.138 | Current | |
| Qwen3 14B | 132K | $0.060 | $0.200 | Available | |
| Qwen3 32B | 131K | $0.050 | $0.100 | Deprecated | |
| 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 |