Qwen3 8B API Pricing
Alibaba · released 2025-04-29
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Qwen3 8B price
0.018¢ / 1K
0.070¢ / 1K
0.031¢ / 1K
Reasoning (thinking) output: $2.10 / 1M tokens — billed separately from standard output; not included in the blended price.
Single public source; verify on the official site; Thinking-mode output billed separately; Deprecated by the vendor
Official list price from Alibaba, as recorded by models.dev
What it actually costs
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply | 500 in / 300 out | 0.03¢ |
| RAG query | 4,000 in / 500 out | 0.107¢ |
| Long document summary | 50,000 in / 1,000 out | 0.97¢ |
| Code review of a 2k-line file | 30,000 in / 2,000 out | 0.68¢ |
| 1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days | 30,000 × (500 in / 300 out) | $9.00 |
Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.18) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.70).
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Value | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI) | 132.2 | epoch | 2025-04-28 |
| Epoch Mock AIME accuracy | 56.1% | epoch | 2025-04-28 |
| Epoch FrontierMath (T1–3) accuracy | No public data yet | ||
| Arena text rating | No public data yet | ||
| Arena coding rating (human preference votes, not task accuracy) | No public data yet | ||
| Arena math rating | No public data yet | ||
| Arena WebDev rating | No public data yet | ||
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|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo | 2026-10-09 | — |
| Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro | 2026-10-02 | — |
| Qwen 3.8 Max Prime | 2026-09-23 | — |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | 2026-09-17 | $0.23 |
| Qwen-Image-2.1 | 2026-09-14 | — |
| Qwen3.8 Max 0902 | 2026-09-02 | $3.00 |
| Qwen3.8 Flash Next | 2026-08-27 | — |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | 2026-08-26 | $0.23 |
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Prices: Alibaba's official list price as recorded by models.dev; benchmarks: see sources below; last synced 2026-11-06.
FAQ
Who develops Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B is developed by Alibaba, released 2025-04-29.
How much does Qwen3 8B cost per million tokens?
Qwen3 8B costs $0.18 per 1M input tokens and $0.70 per 1M output tokens ($0.31 blended), per Alibaba's official list price as recorded by models.dev.
What is the Qwen3 8B API price?
The Qwen3 8B API price is $0.18 per 1M input tokens and $0.70 per 1M output tokens ($0.31 per 1M blended).
How much does Qwen3 8B cost for a typical request?
A short chat reply (500 in / 300 out tokens) costs about 0.03¢ on Qwen3 8B, at $0.18/1M input and $0.70/1M output.
Is Qwen3 8B free?
Qwen3 8B's official API list price is $0.18 per 1M input tokens and $0.70 per 1M output tokens. This site tracks list prices only, not free tiers or trial credits — check Alibaba's site for those.
How does Qwen3 8B rank on benchmarks?
Qwen3 8B scores 132.2 on the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI), ranking #100 of 107 models we track with a published ECI score.
Where does this data come from?
Pricing for Qwen3 8B comes from models.dev and LiteLLM (open MIT-licensed catalogs); benchmark scores come from Epoch AI and LMArena (open CC BY 4.0 licenses) — see /data-sources/. Last synced 2026-11-06.