Qwen: Qwen3 8B
Analysis Summary
Qwen: Qwen3 8B sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #213 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.050 input and $0.400 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a mid-sized context window and supports tool use, function calling, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
Qwen3 8B includes tool use and function calling at $0.05/$0.40 per million tokens with a 40K context; reasoning and agentic scores are modest but it offers reasonable value for lightweight structured tasks.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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Performance Profile
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,..
Capabilities
Architecture Detail
| Instruct Type | qwen3 |
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-8b
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | April 28, 2025 |
| Context Length | 40,960 tokens |
| Max Completion | 8,192 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.05 | $0.000050 |
| Output | $0.40 | $0.000400 |
Live Performance
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