Is Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct or GPT-5.3 Codex cheaper?

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.50 vs $14.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct or GPT-5.3 Codex?

GPT-5.3 Codex has the larger context window (400K tokens).

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct vs GPT-5.3 Codex

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while GPT-5.3 Codex offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct or GPT-5.3 Codex based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct	GPT-5.3 Codex
Provider	LLM Gateway	LLM Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.08	$1.75
Output / 1M tokens	$0.50	$14.00
Context window	131K	400K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Aug 2025	Feb 2026

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct details →GPT-5.3 Codex details →

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Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.