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Qwen3-8B

Alibaba Qwen

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This model is catalogued for reference. It is not hosted on LLM EU yet, and no first-party endpoint serves it here. Requests to it go to the provider directly, under that provider's own terms.

Summary

Qwen3-8B is a dense text model that supports both a thinking and a non-thinking mode in one checkpoint. It handles 32,768 tokens natively, and the model card states that YaRN scaling extends it to 131,072 tokens. It is published under Apache-2.0 and remains one of the most downloaded open text models in its size class.

Specifications

Provider
Alibaba Qwen (CN)
Context window
33k
Parameters
8.19B
Modalities
text
License
apache-2.0 · licence
Open weights
yes
Release date
27 Apr 2025
Tasks
Low cost, Reasoning, Multilingual support, Summarisation

Languages

Strong: en, zh

Adequate: de, fr, es, it, pt, ru, ja, ko, ar, nl, pl, tr, vi, hi

Strong

  • en
  • zh

Adequate

  • de
  • fr
  • es
  • it
  • pt
  • ru
  • ja
  • ko
  • ar
  • nl
  • pl
  • tr
  • vi
  • hi

Not verified: the provider has not documented this claim. — a language is listed as strong only where a source claims it; the card links the evidence where one exists.

When to use it

Strengths

  • hybrid thinking and non-thinking modes
  • Apache-2.0 licence
  • runs on a single mid-range GPU

Limits

  • 32,768-token native context; longer inputs need YaRN configuration
  • behind Qwen3.5 and Qwen3.8 releases on reasoning
  • no evaluation has been run by LLM EU

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-8B served on LLM EU?

It has no endpoint in the catalogue, so it is catalogue only — not hosted on LLM EU yet, with no region and no retention to report. A card whose status is "listed" is a catalogue entry, not a running deployment.

Under what licence is Qwen3-8B released?

Qwen3-8B is recorded under apache-2.0. The recorded licence text is https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. The weights are downloadable (open_weights is true). LLM EU republishes the licence id and the link and gives no legal advice; the licence text governs.

How large is Qwen3-8B, and what context window does it have?

Qwen3-8B is recorded at 8.19B (safetensors total 8,190,735,360) (source: https://huggingface.co/api/models/Qwen/Qwen3-8B), with a context window of 32768 tokens (source: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-8B).