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Qwen3-8B API pricing: cheapest provider

2 providers sell Qwen3-8B. SiliconFlow is cheapest; the most expensive charges 3.3× as much for the same model.

Cheapest$0.06per 1M · SiliconFlow
Input · output$0.06 / $0.06per 1M tokens
Price gap3.3×across 2 providers
Accuracy56.8%GPQA
Context131Kmax tokens

$0.06 SiliconFlow3.3× spread$0.20 Fireworks AI

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Standard list prices in USD from each provider's pricing page · last price change Sep 28, 2026 · How we collect and rank prices

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Qwen3-8B monthly cost by provider

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Input tokens per month (millions)Prompts, context and documents you send.Output tokens per month (millions)Tokens the model generates.

More requirements: caching, context, features, provider

Cached share of input (%)0 = no caching. Only documented cache-read rates qualify.Required context per request (tokens)0 = any. Providers without a sufficient known limit are excluded.Required featureProvider requirement

Provider	Estimated / month	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Context
1 SiliconFlowInference provider - lowest for your volumePricing page	$0.72	$0.06	$0.06	131,000
2 Fireworks AIInference providerPricing page	$2.40	$0.20	$0.20	40,960

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Input volume includes the cached share, not an additional token volume. This is a list-price estimate, not a quote: cache-write charges, cache eligibility/TTL, batch discounts, long-context surcharges, regional pricing and taxes are excluded. Check the provider's terms for your workload before switching.

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| Qwen3-8B provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | 10M in + 2M out per month |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| SiliconFlow | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.72 |
| Fireworks AI | $0.20 | $0.20 | $2.40 |

Standard list prices as of Oct 31, 2026. Source: [AISelect.online](https://aiselect.online/models/qwen3-8b)

Accuracy: GPQA Diamond (graduate-level science questions) measured by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0) on qwen3-8b, run Aug 27, 2026. The model is the same at every provider, though quantized deployments can score lower.

Price history

The cheapest price has not changed since tracking started on Sep 28, 2026: $0.06 per 1M tokens at SiliconFlow. All price changes

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from openai import OpenAI
import os

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.siliconflow.com/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["SILICONFLOW_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="Qwen/Qwen3-8B",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

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