How much does Qwen3 8B cost?

Qwen3 8B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens. For a typical conversation (~2,000 tokens), that's approximately $0.001 per message.

What benchmarks has Qwen3 8B been tested on?

Qwen3 8B has been evaluated on 6 benchmarks. Top scores: OpenCompass — IFEval: 85.6, OpenCompass — MMLU-Pro: 72.1, OpenCompass — AIME2025: 66.2.

How does Qwen3 8B compare to GPT-5 Nano?

Qwen3 8B has an average score of 40.6 while GPT-5 Nano scores 40.6. GPT-5 Nano slightly outperforms Qwen3 8B overall. Qwen3 8B costs $0.05/1M input vs GPT-5 Nano at $0.05/1M input. See full comparison →

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Qwen3 8B

Name: Qwen3 8B
Price: 0.05 USD
Author: Alibaba Qwen

by Alibaba Qwen · Released Apr 2025

Open Source

40.6

avg score

Rank #173

Compare

Better than 37% of all models

Context

131K tokens (~66 books)

Input $/1M

$0.05

Output $/1M

$0.40

Type

text

License

Open Source

Benchmarks

6 tested

Data updated today

About

Qwen3-8B is a dense 8.2B parameter causal language model from the Qwen3 series, designed for both reasoning-heavy tasks and efficient dialogue. It supports seamless switching between "thinking" mode for math,...

Tested on 6 benchmarks with 56.5% average. Top scores: OpenCompass — IFEval (85.6%), OpenCompass — MMLU-Pro (72.1%), OpenCompass — AIME2025 (66.2%).

Looking for similar performance at lower cost?
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 scores 40.1 (99% as good) at $0.05/1M input · 4% cheaper

Capabilities

coding

50.1

#85 globally

math

66.2

#45 globally

knowledge

45.8

#147 globally

language

85.6

#32 globally

Benchmark Scores

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Tested on 6 benchmarks · Ranked across 4 categories

Score Distribution (all 274 models)

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codingCompare coding →

OpenCompass — LiveCodeBenchV6

OpenCompass Live Code Bench v6. Fresh competitive programming problems to evaluate code generation without memorization.

50.1—

mathCompare math →

OpenCompass — AIME2025

OpenCompass evaluation on AIME 2025 problems. Tests mathematical reasoning on fresh competition problems.

66.2—

knowledgeCompare knowledge →

OpenCompass — MMLU-Pro

OpenCompass MMLU-Pro evaluation. Harder knowledge test with more answer choices.

72.1—

OpenCompass — GPQA-Diamond

OpenCompass evaluation of GPQA Diamond. PhD-level science questions from the hardest subset.

59.7—

OpenCompass — HLE

OpenCompass evaluation of Humanitys Last Exam. Expert-level cross-discipline knowledge test.

5.5—

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Model Family · Alibaba Qwen Qwen 3

Qwen3 14BApr 2025

$0.06/M in41Kctx

Qwen3 235B A22BApr 2025

56.4+56.4

$0.46/M in(+0.40)131Kctx(+90K)8 benchmarks

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Jul 2025

48.5-7.9

$0.07/M in(-0.38)262Kctx(+131K)20 benchmarks

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Jul 2025

55.9+7.4

$0.15/M in(+0.08)131Kctx(-131K)24 benchmarks

Qwen3 30B A3BApr 2025

$0.09/M in(-0.06)41Kctx(-90K)1 benchmark

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Jul 2025

55.3+55.3

$0.09/M in262Kctx(+221K)7 benchmarks

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Aug 2025

66.2+10.9

$0.08/M in(-0.01)131Kctx(-131K)6 benchmarks

Qwen3 32BApr 2025

58.2-8.0

$0.08/M in41Kctx(-90K)8 benchmarks

Qwen3 4B (free)Apr 2025

$0.00/M in(-0.08)41Kctx

Qwen3 8BApr 2025

56.5+56.5

$0.05/M in(+0.05)41Kctx6 benchmarks

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructJul 2025

$0.07/M in(+0.02)160Kctx(+119K)

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BJul 2025

$0.22/M in(+0.15)262Kctx(+102K)

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (free)Jul 2025

$0.00/M in(-0.22)262Kctx(0K)3 benchmarks

Qwen3 Coder FlashSep 2025

$0.20/M in(+0.20)1.0Mctx(+738K)

Qwen3 Coder NextFeb 2026

$0.12/M in(-0.08)262Kctx(-738K)3 benchmarks

Qwen3 Coder PlusSep 2025

$0.65/M in(+0.53)1.0Mctx(+738K)

Qwen3 MaxSep 2025

58.3+58.3

$0.78/M in(+0.13)262Kctx(-738K)8 benchmarks

Qwen3 Max ThinkingFeb 2026

$0.78/M in262Kctx3 benchmarks

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructSep 2025

54.4+54.4

$0.09/M in(-0.69)262Kctx18 benchmarks

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)Sep 2025

$0.00/M in(-0.09)262Kctx3 benchmarks

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingSep 2025

61.6+61.6

$0.10/M in(+0.10)131Kctx(-131K)20 benchmarks

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructSep 2025

$0.20/M in(+0.10)262Kctx(+131K)1 benchmark

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B ThinkingSep 2025

$0.26/M in(+0.06)131Kctx(-131K)1 benchmark

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructOct 2025

$0.13/M in(-0.13)131Kctx

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingOct 2025

$0.13/M in131Kctx

Qwen3 VL 32B InstructOct 2025

$0.10/M in(-0.03)131Kctx

Qwen3 VL 8B InstructOct 2025

$0.08/M in(-0.02)131Kctx

Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingOct 2025

$0.12/M in(+0.04)131Kctx

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Specifications

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Context131K tokens (~66 books)
ReleasedApr 2025
LicenseOpen Source
StatusActive
Cost / Message~$0.001

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Alibaba Qwen$0.05

Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 8B is an open-source text AI model by Alibaba Qwen, released in April 2025. It has an average benchmark score of 40.6. Context window: 131K tokens.

Benchmarks

OpenCompass — IFEval OpenCompass — MMLU-Pro OpenCompass — AIME2025 OpenCompass — GPQA-Diamond OpenCompass — LiveCodeBenchV6

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