Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 measured on 5 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks5
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88.4MIEB lite
Mar 2026released
262K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +2Languages
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14pplx Embed v2 Late 0.6B61.515Colqwen3.5 4.5B v361.516ColNanoVDR Q Ettin150M ColVec4B 640 ML61.2Strong at
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEVIE 8BOpen+8%——Languages: not verified+1BetterEVIE 4.5BOpen+7%——Languages: not verifiedwBetterWebAI ColVec1.1 8BOpen+6%——Languages: not verified+1
Betterpplx Embed v2 Late 9BOpen+5%——Max input: 262K tokens → 4K tokens+2vBetterVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+5%——Memory (4-bit): 2.8 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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EVIE 8BOpen+8%——Languages: not verified+1EVIE 4.5BOpen+7%——Languages: not verifiedwWebAI ColVec1.1 8BOpen+6%——Languages: not verified+1pplx Embed v2 Late 9BOpen+5%——Max input: 262K tokens → 4K tokens+2vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+5%——Memory (4-bit): 2.8 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
EVIE 8BOpen+8%——Languages: not verified+1EVIE 4.5BOpen+7%——Languages: not verifiedwWebAI ColVec1.1 8BOpen+6%——Languages: not verified+1pplx Embed v2 Late 9BOpen+5%——Max input: 262K tokens → 4K tokens+2vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+5%——Memory (4-bit): 2.8 GB → 5 GBRun it yourself
estimateFits 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
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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 pplx Embed v2 Late 0.6B?›
On ViDoRe v3 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages), Colqwen3.5 4.5B v3 scores 61.5 vs 61.5 — 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?›
EVIE 8B (better).