Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Its listed blended standard token rate at OpenRouter rose 86.1% between two snapshots.
$0.20→$0.38
USD per 1M tokens · blended at 3 input : 1 output
Input$0.12 → $0.25+113.7%
Output$0.46 → $0.75+64.8%
Exact listing IDqwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instructOpenRouter
What it means for a workload
For a workload using 10M uncached input tokens and 2M output tokens, the listed token cost changes from $2.08 to $4.00. This excludes caching, batch discounts, long-context tiers, regional terms, latency, and reliability.
Historical context
LLMPI has 90 snapshot observations for this exact source listing since 2026-06-14. The observed blended range is $0.19–$0.38 per 1M tokens.
Evidence and scope
- Source
- OpenRouter
- Previous snapshot
- 2026-10-09T11:30:13+00:00
- Detected snapshot
- 2026-10-10T11:30:14+00:00
This is an observed change in the same source listing ID, not a claim that every endpoint or billing tier changed, or that this route is best on performance.