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Qwen3-8B on OpenRouter

Qwen3 · Alibaba

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Why use Qwen3-8B on OpenRouter?

OpenRouter offers Qwen3-8B with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.05/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.

Compare Qwen3-8B across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use case
Input / 1M
$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.40
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced

Setup recipe

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Use the provider REST API or SDK
Auth
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Call
model: qwen/qwen3-8b
Model ID
qwen/qwen3-8b

Request example

Curated snippets for this provider are not sourced yet. Use OpenRouter documentation with model ID qwen/qwen3-8b.

Gotchas

  • Use provider model ID "qwen/qwen3-8b", not the LLMReference slug "qwen3-8b".

Compare Qwen3-8B Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
Fireworks AI$0.20$0.20
OpenRouter$0.05$0.40
Novita AI$0.04$0.14

Pricing

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.05
Output tokens$0.40

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About Qwen3-8B

Compact base model in Qwen3 series, supporting 100+ languages with strong reasoning and coding capabilities.

FAQ

What does Qwen3-8B cost on OpenRouter?

On OpenRouter, Qwen3-8B costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.4 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window for Qwen3-8B on OpenRouter?

Qwen3-8B supports a 41k token context window on OpenRouter.

How does OpenRouter compare to other Qwen3-8B providers?

Qwen3-8B is available from 3 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.035/1M tokens from Novita AI.

What API model ID do I use for Qwen3-8B on OpenRouter?

Use the model ID qwen/qwen3-8b when calling OpenRouter's API.

Who created Qwen3-8B?

Qwen3-8B was created by Alibaba as part of the Qwen3 model family.

Is Qwen3-8B open source?

Qwen3-8B is open source under Apache 2.0 according to the seed data.

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Model Specs

Released2025-08-15
Parameters8B
Context128k
ArchitectureDecoder Only