Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B measured on 5 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks5
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86.2MIEB lite
Mar 2025released
128K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +2Languages
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25Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B89.926Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B89.727Colqwen2.5 v0.289.5Strong at
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DBetterArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+3%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+2
BetterNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+3%——Languages: not verified+1DBetterArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+3%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+1vBetterVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+3%——vBetterVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+3%——Memory (4-bit): 4.2 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+3%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+2Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+3%——Languages: not verified+1DArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+3%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+1vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+3%——vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+3%——Memory (4-bit): 4.2 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+3%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+2Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+3%——Languages: not verified+1DArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+3%——Max input: 128K tokens → 33K tokens+1vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+3%——vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+3%——Memory (4-bit): 4.2 GB → 5 GBRun it yourself
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LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B, and what is it best at?›
#26 of 89 in Multimodal.
Is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B better than Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B?›
On MIEB English · Document Understanding · English, Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B scores 89.7 vs 89.9 — about the same.
When was Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-03-31. It is the current version in its line.
Is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B?›
Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from nomic-ai, released Mar 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B?›
Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (better).