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Qwen3 8B Pricing

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Input / 1M tokens

$0.117

Output / 1M tokens

$0.455

Context window

131,072 tokens

≈ 175 pages of text

Max output

8,192 tokens

What it costs in practice

Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0003

1,000 requests / month$0.3224/mo 10,000 requests / month$3.22/mo 100,000 requests / month$32.24/mo

Estimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Qwen3 8B preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.

Price history

List price per 1M tokens since we started tracking in Jun 2026. Each step marks a price change — hover a point for the exact date and rate.

What it excels at

Competitive instruction following and code generation for an 8B model. Supports long context at low inference cost when self-hosted.

The business tradeoff

Reasoning depth trails larger Qwen variants on complex multi-step tasks. Output token cost remains elevated relative to input when used via hosted APIs.

Cheaper from Qwen

Qwen3.5-9BQwen$0.0002/ typical request Qwen3.7 FlashQwen$0.0001/ typical request

Same tier from other providers

GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI$0.0007/ typical request Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic$0.0032/ typical request Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle$0.0054/ typical request

Head-to-head

Qwen3 8B vs GPT-5.4 Nano →Qwen3 8B vs Claude Haiku 4.5 →Qwen3 8B vs Gemini 3.5 Flash →

Vendor list rates, as of Jul 28, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.