Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking
Analysis Summary
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #180 of 544 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.117 input and $1.37 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a standard large context window and supports tool use, function calling, vision, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking adds extended reasoning to the 8B vision model but scores remain low across intelligence and coding indices; vision and tool use are present but capability is limited at this scale.
Assessed May 5, 2026
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Performance Profile
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..
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Performance Indices
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinking
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| Provider | qwen |
| Release Date | October 14, 2025 |
| Context Length | 131,072 tokens |
| Max Completion | 32,768 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.12 | $0.000117 |
| Output | $1.37 | $0.001365 |
Live Performance
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