Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
This AI model, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, supports two input modalities: text and image. It can handle long context lengths of up to 262144 tokens and produce output with a maximum of 32768 completion tokens. Considering its pricing, at $0.117 per million input tokens and $0.455 per million output tokens, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct may be suitable for users seeking an image-text model with moderate price sensitivity. Its benchmark blended score stands at 7.1 across one independent test, indicating a respectable performance level in comparison to other models.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 6.5 across 1 benchmark, last refreshed 2026-10-13. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 12.0 |
- Model ID
- qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct
- Vendor
- qwen
- Released
- October 2025
- Tokenizer
- Qwen3
- Input Modalities
- image, text
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 235,929 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- not supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.25/M input and $0.75/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | under $0.01 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.16 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $2.75 |
Price & spec history
Tracked daily by PicksByModel since 2026-07-17.
| Date | Input /M | Output /M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | $0.25 | $0.75 | 262,144 |
| 2026-07-22 | $0.12 | $0.46 | 262,144 |
| 2026-07-17 | $0.12 | $0.46 | 256,000 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct cost?
- $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens.
- What is Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct's context window?
- 262,144 tokens, roughly 393 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output.
- Can Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.