Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B measured on 5 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks5
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86.4MIEB lite
Mar 2025released
128K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +2Languages
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27VultronRetrieverFlash Qwen3.5 0.8B80.228Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B80.129Colqwen2 v1.079.7Strong at
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DBetterArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+7%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+2vBetterVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 1.8 GB → 5 GBOBetterOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+6%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+2
BetterNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+6%——Languages: not verified+1vBetterVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 1.8 GB → 2.7 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+7%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+2vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 1.8 GB → 5 GBOOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+6%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+2Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+6%——Languages: not verified+1vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 1.8 GB → 2.7 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+7%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+2vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 1.8 GB → 5 GBOOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+6%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+2Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+6%——Languages: not verified+1vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 1.8 GB → 2.7 GBRun it yourself
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LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B, and what is it best at?›
#25 of 89 in Multimodal.
Is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B better than VultronRetrieverFlash Qwen3.5 0.8B?›
On ViDoRe v1&v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages), Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B scores 80.1 vs 80.2 — about the same.
When was Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-03-31. It is the current version in its line.
Is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B?›
Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from nomic-ai, released Mar 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B?›
Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (better).