Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct pricing & benchmarks
Released Oct 14, 2025 · served by 2 providers
What Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct is a multimodal vision-language model from the Qwen3-VL series, built for high-fidelity understanding and reasoning across text, images, and video. It features improved multimodal fusion with Interleaved-MRoPE for long-horizon...
- Model ID:
qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct - Modality: text+image->text
- Tool calling: supported · Structured output: supported
- Weights:
Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instructon Hugging Face
Providers and prices for Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.
| Provider | Input | Output | Context | Quant | Uptime 24h | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibabacheapest | $0.117 | $0.455 | 131K | — | 100.0% | — |
| Parasail | $0.250 | $0.750 | 262K | bf16 | 99.7% | — |
FAQ
How much does the Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct API cost?
$0.117 per 1M input tokens and $0.455 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $0.25.
Is Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct free?
No. It is a paid model starting at $0.117 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.
Which provider is cheapest for Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?
Alibaba at $0.117 input / $0.455 output per 1M tokens.
Can I self-host Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?
Yes — weights are published as Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.