Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B vs Qwen3 Embedding 8B: API price and specs

Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B is 5% cheaper than Qwen3 Embedding 8B on output price.

Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B is 1% cheaper than Qwen3 Embedding 8B on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Qwen3 Embedding 8B has a 25% larger context than Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B.

Field	Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B	Qwen3 Embedding 8B
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.01	$0.01
Median input, per 1M	$0.01049	$0.01055 +0.6%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.01	$0.01049 +4.9%
Median output, per 1M	$0.01025	$0.01049 +2.4%
Lowest unit price	—	$0.001118 / request
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.012	$0.0121 +0.8%
Context	33K +20%	41K
Max output	33K	33K
Providers	7 +50%	14
Regions	US	—
Accepts	text	text
Returns	embedding, text	embedding, embeddings, text, vector
Type	Embeddings	Embeddings
Free option	no	no
Cheapest provider	deepinfra	deepinfra

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aihubmix, deepinfra, moark, vercel

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B or Qwen3 Embedding 8B?

Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B is 5% cheaper than Qwen3 Embedding 8B on output price. Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B is 1% cheaper than Qwen3 Embedding 8B on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B or Qwen3 Embedding 8B?

Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B: 33K tokens; Qwen3 Embedding 8B: 41K tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B and Qwen3 Embedding 8B?

aihubmix, deepinfra, moark, vercel