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

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking accepts up to 131,072 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 32,768 output tokens.

Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking?

Yes. MythoMax 13B is $0.080 per 1M input tokens versus $0.180 for Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking, with a 8,192 token context window.

Where does this Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking price come from?

From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking pricing

Qwen3-VL-8B-Thinking is the reasoning-optimized variant of the Qwen3-VL-8B multimodal model, designed for advanced visual and textual reasoning across complex scenes, documents, and temporal sequences. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking from OpenRouter costs $0.180 per 1M input tokens and $2.10 per 1M output tokens. Context window 131,072 tokens.

API id qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinking · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.180

Input / 1M tokens

$2.10

Output / 1M tokens

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Cached input / 1M

131K

Context window

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking specifications

Provider: OpenRouter
API id: qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinking
Model type: general-purpose
Context window: 131K tokens
Max output: 33K tokens
Currency: USD
Price source: Provider API
Last checked: 2026-09-25

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking across providers

The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.

Provider	Input /1M	Cached /1M	Output /1M	1M in + 1M out	vs vendor
Alibaba (Qwen)VendorCheapest	$0.180	—	$2.10	$2.28	—
OpenRouterHostviewing	$0.180	—	$2.10	$2.28	—

What Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
Workload	Input tokens	Output tokens	Estimated cost
Short chat turn	1,000	500	$0.0012
Document summary	50,000	2,000	$0.01
1M tokens in, 200K out	1,000,000	200,000	$0.60

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking cost per 1M tokens?: Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking costs $0.180 per 1M input tokens and $2.10 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking's context window?: Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking accepts up to 131,072 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 32,768 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking?: Yes. MythoMax 13B is $0.080 per 1M input tokens versus $0.180 for Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking, with a 8,192 token context window.
Where does this Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking price come from?: From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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