Qwen3 VL 8B by Qwen — an 8B dense vision-language model with native 256K interleaved context, DeepStack multi-level ViT fusion, and interleaved-MRoPE temporal-spatial encoding.
Capabilities, design details, and architectural traits
Qwen3 VL 8B is the 8‑billion-parameter dense member of the Qwen3‑VL family focused on multimodal understanding across text, images, and video. It combines long-context multimodal inputs with architecture improvements that explicitly target spatial-temporal alignment between visual features and text.
Qwen3 VL 8B is positioned for tasks that require sustained cross-referencing of long documents, multi-image and video reasoning, and stronger pure-text understanding within a multimodal backbone.
Independent evaluations · Artificial Analysis
Evaluate specifications, pricing, and independent benchmark indices
| Model Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General Info | |||
| Provider | Alibaba | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Release Date | October 14, 2025 | July 24, 2026 | June 9, 2026 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | - | May 2026 | - |
| Context & Limits | |||
| Context Window | 256K | 1M Best Context Window | 1M Best Context Window |
| Pricing (per 1M tokens) | |||
| Input Pricing | $0.18 Best Input Pricing | $5 | $10 |
| Output Pricing | $2.10 Best Output Pricing | $25 | $50 |
| Modalities | |||
| Inputs | imagetext | textimage | textimagefile |
| Outputs | text | text | text |
| Benchmarks (0-100) | |||
| Intelligence Index | 10.5 | 63.1 Best Intelligence Index | 62.1 |
| Coding Index | - | 78.0 Best Coding Index | 76.5 |
| Agentic Index | - | 59.2 Best Agentic Index | 56.6 |
Graduate-level reasoning and expert Q&A evaluation.
Extremely difficult logical reasoning and knowledge.
Logical reasoning over long context windows.
Independent evaluation data provided by Artificial Analysis. To view the latest benchmarks and full details, visit their official site.