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BidirLM 0.6B Embedding

Apr 2026
BBidirLM 0.6B Embedding
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69.4MTEB Scandinavian v1
Apr 2026released
1,024Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
en, es, Estonian +80Languages

Ranking?

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1Seed1.6 Embedding 121546.22Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Small422Jina Embeddings v5 Text Small424Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Nano41.34Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano41.3
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34GritLM 8x7B24.435BidirLM 0.6B Embedding24.136Gte Qwen2 1.5B Instruct24

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+19%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1OpenJina Embeddings v5 Text Smallunstated+74%—$0.05Languages: not verifiedBetterJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+71%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+11%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1BetterGemini Embedding 001unstated+21%—$0.15Languages: not verified

Run it yourself

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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
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English71.9#15
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English71.9#15
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English71.9#15
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)87.3#40
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)45.3#39
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English1.2#31
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)57.6#56
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)18.6#37
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French58.7#83
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)78.6#80
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi68.8#64
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)21.6#83
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)31.2#69
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch56.2#28
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch62.2#27
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch64.5#22
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch40.4#25
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch53.6#52
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch78#38
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch36.9#25
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch78.2#32
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch83.7#95
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese23.1#20
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English1.2#31
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English1.2#31
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English1.2#31
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish66.9#55
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai53.9#32
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai75.6#37
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)69.4#51
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian53.3#104
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)60.4#35
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)52.9#34
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)62.5#30
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)49.5#41
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)70.7#50
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)78.4#56
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)59.1#47
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)67.6#51
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English1.2#31
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)24.1#35
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)62.7#45

FAQ

How much does BidirLM 0.6B Embedding cost?›

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

Is BidirLM 0.6B Embedding free to use?›

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

How good is BidirLM 0.6B Embedding, and what is it best at?›

#46 of 205 in Embeddings.

Is BidirLM 0.6B Embedding better than GritLM 8x7B?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages), BidirLM 0.6B Embedding scores 24.1 vs 24.4 — about the same.

When was BidirLM 0.6B Embedding released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-04-07. It is the current version in its line.

Is BidirLM 0.6B Embedding open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).

Can I run BidirLM 0.6B Embedding locally?›

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

What is BidirLM 0.6B Embedding?›

BidirLM 0.6B Embedding is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from BidirLM, released Apr 2026.

What are the best alternatives to BidirLM 0.6B Embedding?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Jina Embeddings v5 Text Small (open weights).