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Qwen 3 VL 8B

Alibaba

Released
October 11, 2025
Data date
September 8, 2026
Benchmark-Meta-Score
Unavailable
No independent results
Speed
119.5 tokens/s
Output throughput
Price
Input · Output / 1M tokens
Input
Text, Image, Video
Output
Text

Qwen 3 VL 8B is the compact open vision-language variant for text, images, and video. A vision encoder connects visual inputs to the Qwen3 language model. The dense checkpoint has 8.2 billion parameters and runs as an instruct model without Thinking mode.

The model card states OCR support for 32 languages and highlights spatial understanding, video dynamics, and agent interaction. It describes 256K native context, expandable to 1 million tokens. For more model capacity, compare Qwen 3 VL 30B A3B.

Specifications and access

SpecificationValue and source
Weights
Open weightsSource
Access
API, LocalSource
Parameters
8.2BSource
Context window
262,144 tokensSource
Weights repository
Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-InstructSource
License
Apache-2.0Source
Architecture
vision encoder + MLP vision-language merger + Qwen3 language model; dense or MoESource
Input
Text, Image, VideoSource
Output
TextSource
Reasoning mode
instruct/non-thinkingSource
Tool calling
Structured output
Native context window
262,144 tokensSource
Maximum context window
262,144 tokensSource
Parameters
8.2 BSource
Languages
39 languages testedSource
Repository created
2025-10-11 (Repository creation date is a precise publication proxy, but may differ from the public announcement date or an individual checkpoint's first availability.)Source