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Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3

Mar 2026
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88.4MIEB lite
Mar 2026released
262K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +2Languages

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1Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v089.82Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v289.53Argus Colqwen3.5 4B v089.54VultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8B88.95VultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5B88.9
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8Argus Colqwen3.5 2B v088.59Colqwen3.5 4.5B v388.410Llama Nemoretriever Colembed 3B v188

Strong at

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Embeddings & Retrieval#9 of 89

Run it yourself

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · 8-bit✓ 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
MIEB English · Document Understanding · English91.5#8
MIEB lite · Document Understanding · English88.4#9
MIEB multilingual · Document Understanding · English91.5#8
ViDoRe v3 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)61.5#15
ViDoRe v1&v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)83.7#9

FAQ

How much does Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 cost?›

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

Is Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 free to use?›

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

How good is Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3, and what is it best at?›

#9 of 89 in Multimodal. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.

Is Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 better than Argus Colqwen3.5 2B v0?›

On MIEB lite · Document Understanding · English, Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 scores 88.4 vs 88.5 — about the same.

When was Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-03-15. It is the current version in its line.

Is Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 open source?›

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

Can I run Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 locally?›

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

What is Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3?›

Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from athrael-soju, released Mar 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3?›

Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (open weights).