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Is Qwen3 8B out? Yes, since April 28, 2025

Yes. Qwen3 8B has been available since April 28, 2025, when it was first listed in the OpenRouter catalogue.

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Lab
Alibaba
Family
Qwen
Release date
Source
OpenRouter catalogue

What changed

  • context +2 % · Context window compared with Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct, same tier in this family. Went from 128k tokens to 131k tokens.
  • price -85 % · Prompt price compared with Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct, same tier in this family. Went from $0.800 / MTok to $0.117 / MTok. Lower is better.

About Qwen3 8B

Qwen3-8B is a dense 8.2B parameter causal language model from the Qwen3 series, designed for both reasoning-heavy tasks and efficient dialogue. It supports seamless switching between "thinking" mode for math,...

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Questions

When was Qwen3 8B released?
Qwen3 8B has been available since April 28, 2025, when it was first listed in the OpenRouter catalogue.
Who makes Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B is made by Alibaba.
What comes after Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 30B A3B, released on April 28, 2025.