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Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Pricing

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Input / 1M tokens

$0.180

Output / 1M tokens

$2.10

Context window

131,072 tokens

≈ 175 pages of text

Max output

32,768 tokens

What it costs in practice

Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0011

1,000 requests / month$1.06/mo 10,000 requests / month$10.56/mo 100,000 requests / month$105.60/mo

Estimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking 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

Handles multimodal inputs including document and chart analysis within a 256k context window. Suitable for high-volume inference workloads.

The business tradeoff

8B scale restricts performance on complex multi-step reasoning. Output token pricing is high relative to input; quality depends on hosting implementation.

Cheaper from Qwen

Qwen3.7 PlusQwen$0.0009/ typical request Qwen3.6 35B A3BQwen$0.0006/ 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 VL 8B Thinking vs GPT-5.4 Nano →Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking vs Claude Haiku 4.5 →Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking 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.