Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking
Summary
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 14 Oct 2025. It accepts images and text and generates text, with a 131K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.18 per million input tokens and $2.10 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 1 provider we track. It is scheduled for retirement on 9 Oct 2026.
Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking is the reasoning-optimized variant of the Qwen3-VL-8B multimodal model, designed for advanced visual and textual reasoning across complex scenes, documents, and temporal sequences. It integrates enhanced multimodal alignment and...
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|
| Release date | 14 Oct 2025 [OpenRouter] |
| Status | Generally available |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | apache-2.0 [Hugging Face] |
| Parameters | 8.8B [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 131K (131,072 tokens) [OpenRouter] |
| Max output | 33K tokens [OpenRouter] |
| Input | Images and text [OpenRouter] |
| Output | Text [OpenRouter] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Tool calling | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Structured output | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Retirement date | 9 Oct 2026 [OpenRouter] |
| Hugging Face | Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking [Hugging Face] |
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinking | $0.18 | $2.10 | – | 131K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking?
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking has a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K) and can generate up to 32,768 tokens in a single response, according to OpenRouter.
How much does the Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking API cost?
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking is listed from $0.18 per million input tokens and $2.10 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking open source?
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking under the apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking released?
Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking on 14 Oct 2025, according to OpenRouter.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.