Harrier OSS v1 27B vs Llama Embed Nemotron 8B

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MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages) Embeddings assign examples to categories, group similar examples, estimate semantic similarity between pairs, classify relationships between pairs, rank relevant documents for queries, find translated sentence pairs, rerank documents according to instructions, assign multiple labels to each example, reorder candidate documents by relevance on MTEB Multilingual v2 · mean over tasks in 1037 languages including 'Auhelawa, Abau, Achi, Achinese, Achuar-Shiwiar, Adzera, Afrikaans, Agarabi; tasks receive equal weight
Harrier OSS v1 27B74.3
Llama Embed Nemotron 8B69.5

Specs

SpecHarrier OSS v1 27BLlama Embed Nemotron 8B
Context33K33K
WeightsOpenOpen
ReleasedMar 2026Oct 2025
Dimensions5,3764,096
Max input33K tokens131K tokens
Languagesen, Esperanto, es +90—
Memory (4-bit)16 GB4.5 GB
LicenceMIThttps://huggingface.co/nvidia/llama-embed-nemotron-8b/blob/main/LICENSE
Commercial useAllowedRestricted

What breaks when you switch

Harrier OSS v1 27B → Llama Embed Nemotron 8B
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Vectors from different models can't be mixed; dimensions change from 5,376 to 4,096.

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Llama Embed Nemotron 8B → Harrier OSS v1 27B
Re-embed your whole corpus›

Vectors from different models can't be mixed; dimensions change from 4,096 to 5,376.

Max input: 131K tokens → 33K tokens
Memory (4-bit): 4.5 GB → 16 GB