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Using Qwen3-8B on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · Qwen3 · Alibaba

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OpenRouter exposes Qwen3-8B through model ID qwen/qwen3-8b. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call qwen/qwen3-8b — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.05/1M input, $0.40/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

Pricing on OpenRouter

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.

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Model Specs

Released2025-08-15
Parameters8B
Context128k
ArchitectureDecoder Only

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Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA