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Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Pricing

Qwen · qwen-qwen3-vl-8b-thinking

Input / 1M tokens

$0.117

Output / 1M tokens

$1.36

Context window

256k tokens

≈ 341 pages of text

Max output

32,768 tokens

What it costs in practice

Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0007

1,000 requests / month$0.6864/mo 10,000 requests / month$6.86/mo 100,000 requests / month$68.64/mo

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

Price history

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Pricing and specs for this model are auto-synced from OpenRouter, but it isn't one of our editorial picks yet — no “what it excels at” write-up or business tradeoff notes. Any tier badge above is estimated from price.

Cheaper from Qwen

Qwen3.6 FlashQwen$0.0007/ typical request Qwen3.5-9BQwen$0.0002/ typical request

Same tier from other providers

GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI$0.0027/ typical request Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$0.0096/ typical request Llama 4 MaverickMeta$0.0004/ typical request

Head-to-head

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking vs GPT-5.4 Mini →Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 →Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking vs Llama 4 Maverick →

Vendor list rates, as of Jun 15, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.