Qwen3 VL Embedding 8B

Model overview

Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B

Qwen's current public Qwen3 VL Embedding 8B multimodal embedding model.

embeddingmultimodalvision-languagesearchraglocal inference

Representative version

Company	Alibaba / Qwen
Release	Not disclosed
Release type	Model release
Parameters	8B
Architecture	Not disclosed
Context	32,000
Input modalities	text / image / video
Output modalities	vector
Tool use / function calling	Not disclosed
Structured output / reasoning	Not disclosed
Vision / audio / video	Confirmed: Vision, Video; Not shown: Audio
Open weights / License	Weights available / Apache-2.0 License sourcealibaba-qwen-qwen3-vl-embedding-8b-current · 2026-07-15
Vendor API	Not disclosed API source pending verification
OpenRouter	Not separately listed on OpenRouter
Pricing	No reliable public source
Benchmark	No reliable public source
Public signals	1 community discussion / 1 activity snapshot
Use cases	search / rag / local inference / retrieval embeddings
Claim evidence	Release / model specs / weightsQwen/Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B · Hugging FaceQwen3-VL-Embedding-8B

OpenRouter

OpenRouter	Not separately listed on OpenRouter
OpenRouter listing	Not separately listed in the current OpenRouter public list
Mapped version	Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B alibaba-qwen-qwen3-vl-embedding-8b-current
Pricing	No reliable public source
Context	32000
Speed/Latency	No reliable public source
Snapshot time	2026-07-15T20:11:41.551Z
Source	View source

Public activity counters

Platform	Entry	Downloads	Likes	Spaces	Time	Source
huggingface	Qwen/Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B	1,478,691	456	14	2026-07-15T20:11:41.551Z	View source

Evidence gaps

Release date not disclosedOpenRouter not separately verifiedNo reliable benchmark sourceNo linkable real reviewSpeed/latency not disclosed