Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Qwen3 8B?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct, at $0.20 per million tokens against $0.24 for Qwen3 8B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: $0.20 at SiliconFlow (China). Qwen3 8B: $0.24 at SiliconFlow (China).

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 6 providers sell both: SiliconFlow, SiliconFlow (China), Novita, Alibaba Cloud (China), Eden AI, Alibaba Cloud. The cheapest of them for the two together is SiliconFlow.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 131k tokens in one call.

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs Qwen3 8B.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct takes 3 of 5 rounds against Qwen3 8B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.20 per million tokens against $0.24.

Alibaba Cloudwins 3 rounds

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

$0.20/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at SiliconFlow (China) · $0.033 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · open weights

SiliconFlow (China) ↗

Alibaba Cloud

Qwen3 8B

$0.24/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at SiliconFlow (China) · $0.0396 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · open weights

SiliconFlow (China) ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.17/M

$0.18/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.70/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.20/M at SiliconFlow (China)

$0.24/M at SiliconFlow (China)

Standard price (lower wins)

$1.22/M

$1.24/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.033

$0.0396

Context

131k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

1 Sept 2024

1 Apr 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 6

SiliconFlow$0.20 / $0.24
SiliconFlow (China)$0.20 / $0.24
Novita$0.28 / $0.24
Alibaba Cloud (China)$0.36 / $0.50
Eden AI$0.22 / $0.81
Alibaba Cloud$1.23 / $1.24

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct then Qwen3 8B, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Qwen3 8BNanoGPT$0.11 / $0.45 $0.47 / $0.47141% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 8BNous Portal$0.09 / $0.36 $0.12 / $0.4625% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or Qwen3 8B?: Qwen2.5 7B Instruct, at $0.20 per million tokens against $0.24 for Qwen3 8B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: $0.20 at SiliconFlow (China). Qwen3 8B: $0.24 at SiliconFlow (China).
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 6 providers sell both: SiliconFlow, SiliconFlow (China), Novita, Alibaba Cloud (China), Eden AI, Alibaba Cloud. The cheapest of them for the two together is SiliconFlow.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 131k tokens in one call.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.