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Qwen3-8B
Qwen3-8B is an AI model made by Alibaba Tongyi. Alibaba Tongyi released it on 29 April 2025. It is generally available. It takes text and returns text.
In inglese
Qwen3-8B is an AI model made by Alibaba Tongyi. Alibaba Tongyi released it on 29 April 2025. It is generally available. It takes text and returns text. Its weights are open.
- Released
- 29 April 2025 — qwenlm.github.io, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Generally available — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Yes — qwenlm.github.io, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: Apache 2.0 and Apache-2.0
- Context window
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 32768 and 128000
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The model card recommends output lengths for use cases, but does not state a standard maximum output limit.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: No knowledge-cutoff date is printed on the maker's model card or release page reviewed.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not state a standard API input price for Qwen3-8B.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not state a standard API output price for Qwen3-8B.
- Where
- Downloadable weights — qwenlm.github.io, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: the figure is not printed in its sentence (a sum or a figure the page does not give)
- Model card
- https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-8B — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
Benchmarks
Measured by others, not by the maker: each score with the name the measurer gives the model and the setting it ran, its day and its licence.
Epoch AI
- Epoch Capabilities Index, Qwen3-8B: 136.2 (130.8–138.3), as of 19 October 2026
- GPQA Diamond, qwen3-8b: 56.8% (± 2.9), run 27 August 2026
- GPQA Diamond, qwen3-8b_none: 47.5% (± 2.6), run 27 August 2026
- OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025, qwen3-8b: 56.1% (± 6.5), run 27 August 2026
- OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025, qwen3-8b_none: 22.2% (± 4.5), run 27 August 2026
Epoch AI, ‘Capabilities & benchmarking’, epoch.ai/benchmarks, CC BY 4.0: Epoch AI’s own runs and its Capabilities Index. Data · CC BY 4.0
Questions
When was Qwen3-8B released?
Alibaba Tongyi released Qwen3-8B on 29 April 2025.
Is Qwen3-8B still available?
Yes: it is generally available, as Alibaba Tongyi states it.
Are the weights of Qwen3-8B open?
Yes: Alibaba Tongyi publishes the weights of Qwen3-8B for download.
What does Qwen3-8B take and return?
Qwen3-8B takes text and returns text.
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Sources
- Qwen3: Think Deeper, Act Faster (read 16 October 2026)
- Qwen/Qwen3-8B (read 16 October 2026)
- Qwen3/docs/source/getting_started/concepts.md (read 16 October 2026)