# Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is a model from Alibaba with open weights, first recorded on 30 Sep 2026; its release date is not established. The context window is 262,144 tokens. Pricing is $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens.

- Developer: Alibaba
- Id: Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct
- Sighting: 2026-09-30T16:05:07.679Z
  - [evidence link](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct)
- Status: Released
- Weights version: 2025-10-11
  - [evidence link](https://huggingface.co/api/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct/paths-info/0c351dd01ed87e9c1b53cbc748cba10e6187ff3b)
- Canonical: https://alexgetman.com/models/alibaba/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct/

## Questions

### What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

The context window is 262,144 tokens.

### How much does Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct cost?

Pricing is $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens. Cached input is $0.12 per million.

### Are the weights of Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct publicly available?

Yes. Alibaba publishes the weights.

### When was Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct released?

Its release date is not established. Signal Forge first recorded it on 30 Sep 2026.

## Evidence links

- [huggingface:Qwen](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct)
- [hf-author-artifacts:Qwen](https://huggingface.co/api/models/Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct/paths-info/0c351dd01ed87e9c1b53cbc748cba10e6187ff3b)
- [openrouter](https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct)

## Signals