This model is deprecated. We only continue performance benchmarking for the default 10k input token workload. Results for other workloads are historical and no longer updated.
Alibaba has launched a newer release, Qwen3 VL 8B (Reasoning). We suggest considering it instead.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Model summary
Speed
Verbosity
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) is below average in intelligence when comparing to other open weight models of similar size. The model supports text input, outputs text, and has a 131k tokens context window.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) scores 7 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among comparable models (median: 8).
| Reasoning | Yes This page shows the reasoning version of this model. A non-reasoning variant may also exist. |
|---|---|
| Input modality | Supports: text |
| Output modality | Supports: text |
| Context window | 131k ~197 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font |
| Total parameters | 8.2B |
| License | Apache 2.0 |
| Model weights | Hugging Face |
Metrics are compared against models of the same class:
- Non-reasoning models → compared only with other non-reasoning models
- Reasoning models → compared across both reasoning and non-reasoning
- Open weights models → compared only with other open weights models of the same size class:
- Tiny: ≤4B parameters
- Small: 4B–40B parameters
- Medium: 40B–150B parameters
- Large: >150B parameters
- Proprietary models → compared across proprietary and open weights models of the same price range, using a blended 3:1 input/output price ratio:
- <$0.15 per 1M tokens
- $0.15–$1 per 1M tokens
- >$1 per 1M tokens
Speed
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries
Artificial Analysis Engineering Index
Intelligence Evaluations
Agentic knowledge work, (Elo-500)/2000
Agentic real-world work tasks, (Elo-500)/2000
Agentic SaaS workflows
Agentic coding & terminal use
Coding
Reasoning & knowledge
Professional document reasoning, All-pass
Physics reasoning
Knowledge
1 - hallucination rate
Long context reasoning
Legal agentic work, Hallucination-Gated All-Pass Rate
Agentic business operations
Agentic scientific research workflows in a terminal
Agentic software engineering in open-source repositories
Quantitative analysis on spreadsheets & documents
Kubernetes incident root-cause analysis
Visual reasoning
Medical long context reasoning
AA-Briefcase v1.1Updated
AA-Briefcase Elo
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Openness Index
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score
Intelligence Index Comparisons
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Context Window
Context Window
Model Size (Open Weights Models Only)
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Qwen3 8B (Reasoning)
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) was released on April 28, 2025.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) was created by Alibaba.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 8).
Yes, Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) supports text input.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) supports text output.
No, Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) does not support image input. It can only process text.
No, Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) is not multimodal. It only supports text input.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) has a context window of 130k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Yes, Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) has 8.19 billion parameters.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use. View license
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) achieves a score of 7 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) is an open weights model that can be self-hosted. View providers
Qwen3 8B (Reasoning) is an open weights model that can be downloaded and self-hosted. Compare providers