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B1ade Embed

Mar 2025
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87.1MTEB English v2
Mar 2025released
1,024Dimensions
1K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1F2LLM v2 14B80.82C2LLM 7B80.73Seed1.6 Embedding 121580.74Qwen 3 Embedding 8B80.75F2LLM v2 8B80.2
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42Granite Embedding Small English R255.843B1ade Embed53.644Multilingual E5 Small53.5

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English53.3#63
BEIR · Mean over task types · English53.3#63
BEIR · Retrieval · English53.3#63
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English40.2#72
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English40.2#72
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English40.2#72
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)41.8#70
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)41.8#70
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)41.8#70
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)41.2#55
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)34.2#60
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)44.5#59
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English36.2#89
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese22#125
CoIR · Mean over tasks · multilingual (9 languages)50.1#52
CoIR · Mean over task types · multilingual (9 languages)50.1#52
CoIR · Retrieval · multilingual (9 languages)50.1#52
MTEB Code v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (15 languages)53.6#43
MTEB Code v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (15 languages)53.6#43
MTEB Code v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (15 languages)53.6#43
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)28.1#96
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German17#131
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)34#108

FAQ

How much does B1ade Embed cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.

Is B1ade Embed free to use?›

There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is B1ade Embed, and what is it best at?›

#39 of 238 in Embeddings.

Is B1ade Embed better than Granite Embedding Small English R2?›

On MTEB Code v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (15 languages), B1ade Embed scores 53.6 vs 55.8 — lower.

When was B1ade Embed released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-03-10. It is the current version in its line.

Is B1ade Embed open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run B1ade Embed locally?›

The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.

What is B1ade Embed?›

B1ade Embed is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from w601sxs, released Mar 2025.

What are the best alternatives to B1ade Embed?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), C2LLM 7B (open weights).