Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning)
AI model by Alibaba. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning) is a budget-tier option from Alibaba at $2.10/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on measurable benchmarks — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Latency. On latency, Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning) reports 114 tok/s output speed and 2320ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is in the normal range — most chat and completion applications will be token-bound, not streaming-bound.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning) costs $0.39 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-08-24.
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|---|---|---|---|
Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning)Current | $0.18 | $2.10 | 114 tok/s |
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