Is Qwen3 Embedding 8B or Qwen3.5 397B A17B cheaper?

Qwen3 Embedding 8B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.00 vs $3.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 Embedding 8B or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the larger context window (256K tokens).

Qwen3 Embedding 8B vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Qwen3 Embedding 8B is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5 397B A17B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 Embedding 8B or Qwen3.5 397B A17B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 Embedding 8B	Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Provider	Scaleway	Scaleway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.10	$0.60
Output / 1M tokens	$0.00	$3.60
Context window	33K	256K
Parameters	—	397B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	—	Mar 2026

Qwen3 Embedding 8B details →Qwen3.5 397B A17B details →

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