Models / Qwen3 8bID: dashscope/qwen3-8b
chat model by Qwen

Qwen3 8b

Qwen3 8B is a compact open-weight dense foundation model featuring native dual-mode reasoning and 128K context.

PlaygroundQuick Start
Context window131.1K
Max output33K
Maker

Qwen

Served On

Alibaba US

Specifications

Context window, ranked against other chat models

Proportional scale: 0 to 131.1K tokens. Not ranked, no published context window: glm-5.3-prime, qwen3-235b-a22b-2507, qwen3.7-max-2026-05-17, claude-opus-5-5.

Context window

131.1K

Source: www.alibabacloud.com
Max output

33K

Source: qwenlm.github.io
Modality

chat

Vision
Function calling
System prompt

Benchmarks

not listed on arena.ai text leaderboard as of 2026-09-11

Pricing

Rates are read live

Pricing for qwen3-8b is fetched from the live catalogue on load, so it is never served from a cache that could outlive a repricing.

Availability

Not enough data yet

We have not collected enough health probes for this model to publish an uptime or latency figure. A percentage from a handful of samples is fabricated precision, so none is shown until the sample count supports one.

How Qwen3 8b is billed

Billed at the provider's list price, with no per-token markup.

Exact list price
Tokens settle at the published rate of the model that served your call.
Cache discounts passed through
Provider prompt-caching discounts reach your balance with no added fee.
Cost on every response
Each response carries the x-nr-request-cost header, so you can reconcile spend per request.

More from Qwen

qwen-mt-turboqwen-plus-latestqwen3-235b-a22b-2507qwen3.7-max-2026-05-17

Start building with qwen3-8b

One API key, three steps. Choose your tool to begin.

  1. Get a key

    Create API key

  2. Set your API key

    export NROUTER_API_KEY="<YOUR_API_KEY>"

  3. Configure Claude Code

    Choose a tool, then copy its setup from the panel.

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
Claude Code · dashscope/qwen3-8b
# Point Claude Code to nRouter gateway
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.nrouter.ai"
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="$NROUTER_API_KEY"

# Launch with dashscope/qwen3-8b
claude --model dashscope/qwen3-8b