---
title: "Stheno 8B v3.2 API pricing"
canonical: https://uplinkswitch.ai/models/stheno-8b-v3.2
generated: 2026-10-22T19:05:22.083Z
source: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog
base_url: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
---

# Stheno 8B v3.2 API pricing

Stheno 8B v3.2 API at $0.7035/M input and $0.7035/M output tokens. 16,384-token context window. Works with the OpenAI SDK.

## Price per million tokens (USD)

| Tokens | Sao10K list price | UplinkSwitch | Under list |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | — | $0.7035 | — |
| Cached input | — | billed at the input rate | — |
| Output | — | $0.7035 | — |

## Model

- Model id: `stheno-8b-v3.2`
- Formats: OpenAI SDK
- Base URL: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
- Context window: 16,384 tokens
- Max output: 8,192 tokens
- Input: text
- Daily real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 21, no answer since Oct 22 (https://uplinkswitch.ai/proof#stheno-8b-v3.2)

## Request

### Python · OpenAI SDK

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="stheno-8b-v3.2",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
```

### TypeScript · OpenAI SDK

```typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
  apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});

const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'stheno-8b-v3.2',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
```

### curl

```bash
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"stheno-8b-v3.2","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
```

## Questions

### What is Stheno 8B v3.2?

Stheno 8B v3.2 is a model from Sao10K, with a 16,384-token context window, taking text input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as stheno-8b-v3.2.

### How much does the Stheno 8B v3.2 API cost?

$0.7035 per million input tokens and $0.7035 per million output tokens.

### Is Stheno 8B v3.2 free?

It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0011.

### What is the Stheno 8B v3.2 context window?

Stheno 8B v3.2 has a 16,384-token context window, with up to 8,192 output tokens per request. It takes text input.

### What is the Stheno 8B v3.2 model id?

stheno-8b-v3.2. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### How do I get a Stheno 8B v3.2 API key?

Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls Stheno 8B v3.2 and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### Is it the real Stheno 8B v3.2?

Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. Stheno 8B v3.2's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 21, no answer since Oct 22.

### Is there a Stheno 8B v3.2 API?

Yes: stheno-8b-v3.2 on the OpenAI format at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, $0.7035 input and $0.7035 output per million tokens. No weights to download and no GPU of your own; the key also runs every other model in the catalog.

### What is Stheno 8B v3.2 based on?

Llama 3 8B (the L3-8B in its repo name; the card uses the Llama 3 Instruct template), fine-tuned by Sao10K on story-writing, Claude 3 Opus instruct and filtered roleplay data, per its card.

### What license does Stheno 8B v3.2 have?

The card lists CC BY-NC 4.0.

### What does Stheno 8B v3.2 cost per 100 messages?

$0.1759 for 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, at $0.7035 input and $0.7035 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription.

### What settings does Stheno 8B v3.2 use?

Its card recommends temperature 1.12 to 1.22, min_p 0.075, top_k 50 and repetition penalty 1.1, and the Llama 3 Instruct template, which the API applies to the messages you send.

### Is there a Stheno API with no subscription?

Yes: stheno-8b-v3.2 at $0.7035 input and $0.7035 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription. 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens cost $0.1759.

### Stheno 8B v3.2 or Euryale 70B v2.2?

Both are Sao10K’s: Stheno v3.2 is the Llama 3 8B model, Euryale v2.2 the Llama 3.1 70B one. Stheno 8B v3.2 is $0.7035 / $0.7035 per million tokens in / out, $1.76 for 1,000 chat turns; Euryale 70B v2.2 is $1.224 / $1.428 per million tokens in / out, $3.16 for 1,000 chat turns. Both run on the same key, so send the same prompt to each.

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