Qwen

Qwen: 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 for math,...

Context Window
131K tokens
Parameters
8B
Input Price
$0.12/1M
Output Price
$0.45/1M
Price Tier
budget
Provider
Qwen

How to Use Qwen: Qwen3 8B

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Qwen: Qwen3 8B at a Glance

Measured against all 392 chat models CoreAI serves, Qwen: Qwen3 8B sits at #273 for context capacity — 131K tokens, roughly 98,304 words or 197 pages of text in a single conversation. On price, it is the #69 cheapest of 128 budget-tier models by input cost. It joined the catalog on 2025-04-28. It supports step-by-step reasoning (thinking mode).

Qwen: Qwen3 8B Compared to Its Closest Alternatives

SpecQwen: Qwen3 8BQwen: Qwen3 VL 8B InstructGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash
ProviderQwenQwenGoogleInclusionai
Input $/1M tokens$0.117$0.117Free$0.01
Output $/1M tokens$0.455$0.455Free$0.03
Context window131K131K131K262K
Reasoning modeYesNoYesNo
Image inputNoYesYesNo
Price tierbudgetbudgetbudgetbudget

Every model in this table is available on CoreAI — open the web app and run the same prompt through Qwen: Qwen3 8B and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct side by side to judge with your own eyes.

What Qwen: Qwen3 8B Actually Costs in Practice

A typical question (about 1,000 tokens in, 500 out) runs $0.00034 on Qwen: Qwen3 8B's raw per-token rates; a heavy session with a 50K-token document costs about $0.008. On CoreAI you don't juggle these numbers — one subscription covers Qwen: Qwen3 8B and 300+ other models under a plan usage limit, with no API keys. See plans.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Qwen: Qwen3 8B

What is Qwen: Qwen3 8B's context window?

Qwen: Qwen3 8B handles 131K tokens of context — roughly 98,304 words, or about 197 pages of text in one conversation.

How much does Qwen: Qwen3 8B cost?

Qwen: Qwen3 8B's underlying rates are $0.117 per 1M input tokens and $0.455 per 1M output tokens. On CoreAI it is included in one subscription alongside 300+ models, so there is no per-token billing to manage.

Can Qwen: Qwen3 8B process images?

No — Qwen: Qwen3 8B is text-only. If you need image understanding, its budget-tier peers with vision are listed in the comparison table above.

Does Qwen: Qwen3 8B support reasoning or thinking mode?

Yes. Qwen: Qwen3 8B can work through problems step by step before answering; on CoreAI you can toggle thinking mode per message.

How can I use Qwen: Qwen3 8B without an API key?

Open the CoreAI web app or the iOS/Android app, pick Qwen: Qwen3 8B in the model selector, and chat — no API key, no per-token billing. One subscription covers Qwen: Qwen3 8B and 300+ other models.

What are the best alternatives to Qwen: Qwen3 8B?

The closest alternatives on CoreAI are Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free), inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash — similar tier and capability. The fastest way to choose is running one prompt through them side by side in CoreAI's Compare view.

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