AI model comparison
Solar Pro 3 vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.
Upstage
Solar Pro 3
Solar Pro 3 is Upstage's powerful Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model. With 102B total parameters and 12B active parameters per forward pass, it delivers exceptional performance while maintaining computational efficiency.
- Input / 1M
- $0.15
- Output / 1M
- $0.60
- Context
- 131K
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct is a multimodal vision-language model from the Qwen3-VL series, built for high-fidelity understanding and reasoning across text, images, and video.
- Input / 1M
- $0.25
- Output / 1M
- $0.75
- Context
- 262K
At a glance
Quick verdict
How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.
Lower price
Solar Pro 3
1.5x cheaper for a typical chat
Higher intelligence score
Solar Pro 3
7.8 vs 7.3 on Artificial Analysis
Larger context window
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
262K vs 131K tokens
Newer release
Solar Pro 3
Released January 27, 2026
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores
Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Intelligence index
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct7.3Coding index
Qwen3 VL 8B InstructNot availableAgentic index
Qwen3 VL 8B InstructNot availablePricing
Solar Pro 3 vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct API pricing
Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.
| Metric | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Input tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| Output tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.60 | $0.75 |
| Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens | $0.02 | $0.12 |
| Cache writePer 1M tokens | Not available | Not available |
What it costs in practice
Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.
Chat message
2K in, 500 out
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct$0.88Coding task
30K in, 4K out
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct$10.50$6.60 cachedLong document summary
150K in, 2K out
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct$39$19.50 cachedSpecs
Context window and capabilities
How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.
| Metric | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 131K tokens | 262K tokens |
| Max output | 118K tokens | 236K tokens |
| Input types | Text | Image, Text |
| Output types | Text | Text |
| Reasoning effort levels | High, Medium, Low, Minimal, None | Not available |
| Default reasoning effort | Medium | Not available |
| Release date | January 27, 2026 | October 14, 2025 |
Features
Supported features
API features available for each model.
| Metric | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Tool calling | Supported | Supported |
| Structured outputs | Supported | Supported |
| JSON mode | Supported | Supported |
| Reasoning | Supported | Not supported |
| Temperature | Supported | Supported |
| Stop sequences | Not supported | Supported |
| Deterministic seed | Not supported | Supported |
| Verbosity control | Not supported | Not supported |
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Our take
Solar Pro 3 is 1.5x cheaper for a typical chat. Solar Pro 3 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (7.8 vs 7.3). Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has the larger context window (262K vs 131K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Solar Pro 3 or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct cheaper?
Solar Pro 3 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Solar Pro 3 costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens, while Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.75 per 1M output tokens.
Which has a bigger context window, Solar Pro 3 or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 131K for Solar Pro 3.
Is Solar Pro 3 smarter than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?
On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Solar Pro 3 scores 7.8 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct scores 7.3, putting Solar Pro 3 ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.
Can I use Solar Pro 3 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct at the same time?
Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Solar Pro 3 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct answer side by side and keep the better response.
Why choose? Ask both.
Send one prompt to Solar Pro 3 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.