Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct vs Beam 1.0 501B A23B
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs 1.5x less per output token than Beam 1.0 501B A23B ($0.75 vs $1.10 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.75
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $1.10
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct or Beam 1.0 501B A23B: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct for output tokens 1.5x cheaper ($0.75 vs $1.10 per million).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has results on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) and AA Intelligence Index; Beam 1.0 501B A23B on LMArena WebDev, LMArena Text: coding and LMArena Text: software and IT. Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has a AA Intelligence Index result, 7.3.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B has a Design Arena: websites result, 1250.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Beam 1.0 501B A23B
Beam 1.0 501B A23B takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct $0.0006, Beam 1.0 501B A23B $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct not benchmarked, Beam 1.0 501B A23B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct $0.75 against Beam 1.0 501B A23B $1.10 per million output tokens, 1.5x apart.
- Context window
- Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct takes 262K tokens, Beam 1.0 501B A23B 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1437 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 3.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1473 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1461 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1443 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1436 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 7.3 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 29.2% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 3.8% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1442 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1447 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1451 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 30.7 | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 30.7% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1459 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1475 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 74.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1430 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1376 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1433 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1430 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1250 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1224 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14 boards measured
| Benchmark | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 39.9% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 33.3% | Not measured | Only Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1425 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1430 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1390 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1436 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1413 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1424 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1461 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1412 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1414 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1429 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1400 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1399 | Only Beam 1.0 501B A23B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct | Reflection Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Qwen | Reflection |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | October 14, 2025 | October 16, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.25 | $0.35 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.75 | $1.10 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct better than Beam 1.0 501B A23B for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct for output tokens 1.5x cheaper ($0.75 vs $1.10 per million).
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct or Beam 1.0 501B A23B?
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Beam 1.0 501B A23B costs $0.35 and $1.10. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct or Beam 1.0 501B A23B?
Beam 1.0 501B A23B, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Has any benchmark tested both Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct and Beam 1.0 501B A23B?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct has results on LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run), Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) and AA Intelligence Index; Beam 1.0 501B A23B on LMArena WebDev, LMArena Text: coding and LMArena Text: software and IT. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.