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Qwen3 8B

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 f

Pricing

Model Overview

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Model pricing
Price fieldValue
Input$0.05 / 1M tokens
Output$0.40 / 1M tokens
Cached read$0.05 / 1M tokens
SourceOpenRouter
VerifiedApr 5, 2026 (High)

Surface

Capabilities

Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.

Model capabilities
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Modalities
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Capabilities
reasoningpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs

References

Official Links

Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.

Official model links
ReferenceURL
Introhttps://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3-8b
Docshttps://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3-8b
Pricinghttps://openrouter.ai/models

Coverage

Benchmark Coverage

Reported benchmark families, versions, scores, sources, and notes.

Benchmark coverage
BenchmarkVersionScoreDateSourceNotes

Lifecycle

Release History

Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.

Release history
ReleaseAliasLifecycleRelease DateDeprecationShutdownSummary
Qwen3 8Bqwen-qwen3-8bActiveApr 28, 2025——Model available via OpenRouter.

Surfaces

Host Coverage

Provider-specific hosting, context, pricing notes, feature differences, and provider-status context.

Host coverage
HostTypeContextPricing NoteDifferences
OpenRouteraggregator41.0K$0.05/1M in · $0.40/1M out via OpenRouter—

Migration

Migration Guidance

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Migration guidance
TopicDetails
Summary

Timeline

Change Events

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Change events
DateTypeTitleDescriptionSource
Apr 28, 2025family_addedQwen3 8B publishedModel made available via OpenRouter.OpenRouter

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