Colqwen2 v1.0 measured on 5 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks5
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self-host onlyprice
85.7MIEB lite
Nov 2025released
33K tokensMax input
enLanguages
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28Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B80.129Colqwen2 v1.079.730SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.177.9Strong at
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DBetterArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+8%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5.3 GBvBetterVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+7%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5 GBOBetterOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+6%——Languages: not verified+1
BetterNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+6%——Languages: not verified+1vBetterVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 2.7 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+8%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5.3 GBvVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+7%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5 GBOOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+6%——Languages: not verified+1Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+6%——Languages: not verified+1vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 2.7 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+8%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5.3 GBvVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+7%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5 GBOOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+6%——Languages: not verified+1Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+6%——Languages: not verified+1vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 2.7 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
vColqwen2.5 v0.2Open+2%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 1.8 GBvColpali v1.3Open-4%——Max input: 33K tokens → 16K tokens+1vColpali v1.2Open-7%——Max input: 33K tokens → 16K tokens+1vColpali v1.1Open-9%——Max input: 33K tokens → 16K tokens+1vColSmol 500MOpen-11%——Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokensvColSmol 256MOpen-16%——Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokensAll vidore models →Run it yourself
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LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does Colqwen2 v1.0 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Colqwen2 v1.0 free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Colqwen2 v1.0, and what is it best at?›
#28 of 89 in Multimodal.
Is Colqwen2 v1.0 better than Colnomic Embed Multimodal 3B?›
On ViDoRe v1&v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages), Colqwen2 v1.0 scores 79.7 vs 80.1 — about the same.
When was Colqwen2 v1.0 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-11-03. It is the current version in its line.
Is Colqwen2 v1.0 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Colqwen2 v1.0 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Colqwen2 v1.0?›
Colqwen2 v1.0 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from vidore, released Nov 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Colqwen2 v1.0?›
Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (better).