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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team model product

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking

Qwen3-VL is a large multimodal model that unifies vision, language, and reasoning to achieve human-level perception and cognition across text, images, and video.

Updated Aug 12, 2026. Default version: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking

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LLMBoard score28.5Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking
Coverage100%50 benchmark families
Context window262.1KTokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable

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Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Specifications

Technical details for the model's default version.

Version
Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking
Released
Sep 22, 2025
Knowledge cutoff
Unknown
Parameters
9B
Context window
262.1K
Max output
262.1K
Inputs
image, text
Outputs
text
Open weights
No
License
Apache 2.0

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Capability Profile

This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking category scores

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Benchmark Results

Benchmark scores for Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking.

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MuirBench76.8%041170.0%CAug 11, 2026
BLINK68.7%051366.7%CAug 11, 2026
MMMU (val)74.1%051160.0%CAug 11, 2026
OCRBench-V2 (en)63.9%061254.5%CAug 11, 2026
WritingBench85.5%061564.3%CAug 11, 2026
CharadesSTA59.9%071245.5%CAug 11, 2026
InfoVQAtest86.0%071245.5%CAug 11, 2026
MLVU-M75.1%07814.3%CAug 11, 2026
OCRBench-V2 (zh)59.2%071140.0%CAug 11, 2026
DocVQAtest95.3%081130.0%CAug 11, 2026
Hallusion Bench65.4%081653.3%CAug 11, 2026
ScreenSpot93.6%091646.7%CAug 11, 2026
CharXiv-D85.9%101640.0%CAug 11, 2026
LiveBench 2024112569.8%101430.8%CAug 11, 2026
MMBench-V1.187.5%101847.1%CAug 11, 2026
Multi-IF75.1%102052.6%CAug 11, 2026
MM-MT-Bench8 points111737.5%CAug 11, 2026
MMStar75.3%112252.4%CAug 11, 2026
Creative Writing v382.4%12138.3%CAug 11, 2026
MathVista-Mini81.4%122350.0%CAug 11, 2026
OSWorld33.9%132036.8%CAug 11, 2026
Arena-Hard v251.1%141613.3%CAug 11, 2026
Video-MME71.8%141718.8%CAug 11, 2026
MVBench69.0%151712.5%CAug 11, 2026
ODinW39.8%15166.7%CAug 11, 2026
PolyMATH47.5%152336.4%CAug 11, 2026
SimpleQA49.6%154668.9%CAug 11, 2026
CC-OCR76.3%161811.8%CAug 11, 2026
ERQA46.8%182322.7%CAug 11, 2026
HMMT2560.6%182529.2%CAug 11, 2026
LVBench55.8%182426.1%CAug 11, 2026
RealWorldQA73.5%182632.0%CAug 11, 2026
BFCL-v363.0%19190.0%CAug 11, 2026
OCRBench81.9%192214.3%CAug 11, 2026
MathVision62.7%213235.5%CAug 11, 2026
VideoMMMU72.8%212620.0%CAug 11, 2026
AI2D84.9%223232.3%CAug 11, 2026
Include69.5%223130.0%CAug 11, 2026
MMLU-ProX70.7%223232.3%CAug 11, 2026
ScreenSpot Pro46.6%222512.5%CAug 11, 2026
SuperGPQA51.2%273421.2%CAug 11, 2026
MMLU-Redux88.8%284842.5%CAug 11, 2026
LiveCodeBench v658.6%385328.9%CAug 11, 2026
CharXiv-R53.0%424812.8%CAug 11, 2026
MMLU85.2%4210058.6%CAug 11, 2026
IFEval83.2%466529.7%CAug 11, 2026
MMMU-Pro60.4%496626.1%CAug 11, 2026
MMLU-Pro77.3%6412950.8%CAug 11, 2026
AIME 202580.3%7111438.0%CAug 11, 2026
GPQA69.9%13023444.6%CAug 11, 2026

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Arena Results

Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.

No Arena results

The default version does not have a matching Arena result yet.

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Runtime Performance

Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking. Runtime does not affect the capability score.

No runtime data

No provider-specific speed or latency record is linked to the default version yet.

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Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Pricing

Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.

Official API
N/A
Official provider
N/A
Lowest third-party
From $0.18 input, $2.1 output per 1M via OpenRouter
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OpenRouterqwen/qwen3-vl-8b-thinkingglobal$0.18$2.1131.1KAug 11, 2026

Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking Versions

Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.

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Qwen3 VL 8B ThinkingSep 22, 202528.59B262.1K262.1KNoApache 2.0

What is Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking?

Key information about Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking and its available data.

Qwen3-VL is a large multimodal model that unifies vision, language, and reasoning to achieve human-level perception and cognition across text, images, and video. Built on a 235B-parameter architecture, it integrates early joint training of visual and textual modalities for strong language grounding.

The model supports up to a 1 million-token context window and excels at visual understanding, spatial reasoning, long video comprehension, and tool-based interaction. It can generate code from images, perform precise 2D/3D object grounding, and operate digital interfaces like a visual agent.

5 Pro in perception benchmarks, while the “Thinking” version leads in multimodal reasoning and STEM tasks. With multilingual OCR, creative writing, and fine-grained scene interpretation, Qwen3-VL establishes a new open-source frontier for integrated vision-language intelligence.

Data as of 2026-08-11.

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking vs nearby models

Open a comparison with the three ranked models immediately above and below this model.

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FAQ

Common questions about Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking.

When was Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking released?

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking's default version was released on Sep 22, 2025.

How much does Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking cost?

No official standard PAYG price is currently available for Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.18 input and $2.1 output via OpenRouter.

Who created Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking?

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking was created by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

What is the context window for Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking?

The default version has a 262.1K token context window.

Is Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking open weight?

No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.

How many API providers offer Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking?

1 provider offerings are linked to the default version.

What models should I compare Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking with?

Nearby ranked alternatives include Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, Ministral 3, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B.