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BidirLM 270M Embedding

Apr 2026
BBidirLM 270M Embedding
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64.2MTEB Scandinavian v1
Apr 2026released
640Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
en, es, Estonian +80Languages

Ranking?

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1Gemini Embedding 2 Preview91.72Harrier OSS v1 27B863KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251183.84Harrier OSS v1 0.6B82.85Llama Embed Nemotron 8B81.7
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63F2LLM v2 80M61.964BidirLM 270M Embedding61.365Arabic English Sts Matryoshka60.9

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+5%—$0.002Languages: not verifiedOpenKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511+37%——Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+32%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+31%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.3 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+18%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1

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 · English71.8#16
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English71.8#16
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English71.8#16
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)83.4#67
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)41.4#53
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.2#133
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)55.5#70
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)16.3#55
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French55.9#127
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)78.6#81
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi66.6#74
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)22.9#78
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)30#71
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch50.9#52
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch58#53
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch59.7#42
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch36.5#31
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch45.5#60
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch71.5#61
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch34.3#52
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch76.3#43
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch82.2#101
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese19.8#88
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.2#133
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.2#133
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.2#133
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish61.9#84
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai48.7#42
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai68.7#64
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)64.2#100
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian53.7#101
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)56.8#45
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)49.3#49
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)59.1#43
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)46.2#47
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)67.7#64
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)76.7#68
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)54.6#68
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)61.3#64
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.2#133
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)20.7#54
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)59.6#69

FAQ

How much does BidirLM 270M Embedding cost?›

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

Is BidirLM 270M Embedding free to use?›

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

How good is BidirLM 270M Embedding, and what is it best at?›

#94 of 205 in Embeddings.

Is BidirLM 270M Embedding better than F2LLM v2 80M?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages), BidirLM 270M Embedding scores 61.3 vs 61.9 — about the same.

When was BidirLM 270M Embedding released? Is there a newer version?›

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

Is BidirLM 270M Embedding open source?›

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

Can I run BidirLM 270M Embedding locally?›

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

What is BidirLM 270M Embedding?›

BidirLM 270M Embedding is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from BidirLM, released Apr 2026.

What are the best alternatives to BidirLM 270M Embedding?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 (open weights).