GPT-5.1 vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: side-by-side summary

GPT-5.1 and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

GPT-5.1, from OpenAI, has a 400,000-token context window and is priced at $1.25/M tokens input, $10/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, from Qwen, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.117/M tokens input, $0.455/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• GPT-5.1: 400,000 tokens
• Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: 262,144 tokens

Price

• GPT-5.1: $1.25/M tokens input, $10/M tokens output
• Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: $0.117/M tokens input, $0.455/M tokens output

Provided by

• GPT-5.1: OpenAI
• Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct: Qwen

• GPT-5.1 model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct model details, providers and pricing