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qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct

qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct

131,072 context · $0.08/M input tokens · $0.50/M output tokens

Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct is a multimodal vision-language model from the Qwen3-VL series, built for high-fidelity understanding and reasoning across text, images, and video. It features improved multimodal fusion with Interleaved-MRoPE for long-horizon...

Pricing

Pay-per-use

No upfront costs, pay only for what you use

Input$0.08 / M Tokens
Output$0.50 / M Tokens

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API Usage

Use the following code examples to integrate with our API:

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Model Introduction

Qwen qwen3-vl-8b-instruct

**Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct is a multimodal vision-language model from the Qwen3-VL series, built for high-fidelity understanding and reasoning across text, **

Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct is a multimodal vision-language model from the Qwen3-VL series, built for high-fidelity understanding and reasoning across text, images, and video. It features improved multimodal fusion with Interleaved-MRoPE for long-horizon temporal reasoning, DeepStack for fine-grained visual-text alignment, and text-timestamp alignment for precise event localization.

The model supports a native 256K-token context window, extensible to 1M tokens, and handles both static and dynamic media inputs for tasks like document parsing, visual question answering, spatial reasoning, and GUI control. It achieves text understanding comparable to leading LLMs while expanding OCR coverage to 32 languages and enhancing robustness under varied visual conditions.


Why It Looks Great

  • Large Language Model architecture for efficient processing
  • 131072 context window for long document handling
  • Competitive pricing at $0.1/$0.5 per million tokens

Key Features

  • Context Window: 131072 tokens
  • Max Output: 32768 tokens
  • Vision: Supported
  • Function Calling: Supported

Specifications

SpecificationValue
ProviderQwen
Model TypeLarge Language Model (LLM)
ArchitectureN/A
Context Window131072 tokens
Max Output32768 tokens
InputText
OutputText
VisionSupported
Function CallingSupported

Pricing

Token TypeCost per Million Tokens
Input$0.1
Output$0.5

How to Use

  1. Write your prompt — describe the task, provide context, and specify desired output format.
  2. Submit — the model processes your request and returns the response.

API Integration

Base URL: https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1 API Endpoint: chat/completions Model ID: qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct


API Usage

Python SDK

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

cURL

curl https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Notes

  • Model: qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct
  • Provider: Qwen

Info

Provideralibaba
Typellm

Supported Functionality

Input
TextImage
Output
Text
Context131,072
Max Output32,768
Vision✓ Supported
Function Calling✓ Supported

API Access Guide

Base URLhttps://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1
API Endpointchat/completions
Model IDqwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct

Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct API

qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct

Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct is a multimodal vision-language model from the Qwen3-VL series, built for high-fidelity understanding and reasoning across text, images, and video. It features improved multimodal fusion with Interleaved-MRoPE for long-horizon...

Input

$0.08 /M

Output

$0.5 /M

Context

131K

Max Output

33K

Vision

Supported

Tool Use

Supported

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Frequently Asked Questions about Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct

How much does Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct cost via the API?+

Pricing on WaveSpeedAI: $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens. Prompt caching and batch processing are billed separately and reduce effective cost on long, repetitive workloads.

What is the context window of Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct?+

Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct supports up to 131K tokens of context with up to 33K tokens of output per request.

Is Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct OpenAI-compatible?+

Yes. WaveSpeedAI exposes Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1. Point the official OpenAI SDK at this base URL with your WaveSpeedAI API key — no other code changes required.

How do I get started with Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct?+

Sign in to WaveSpeedAI, create an API key in Access Keys, then send a request to https://llm.wavespeed.ai/v1/chat/completions with model id set to the value shown above. New accounts receive free credits to evaluate Qwen3 Vl 8b Instruct before paying per token.

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