DenseOn measured on 3 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks3
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56.2BEIR
Apr 2026released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
enLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+12%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1
OpenNV Embed v2unstated+12%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.7 GB
BetterBge En IclunstatedOpen+11%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+10%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1BetterBge Multilingual Gemma2unstatedOpen+5%—$0.11Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+12%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Bge En IclunstatedOpen+11%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+10%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1Bge Multilingual Gemma2unstatedOpen+5%—$0.11Languages: not verified+1VVoyage 3 M Expunstated+21%——Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
NV Embed v2unstatedOpen+12%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.7 GBQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+12%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Bge En IclunstatedOpen+11%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1yLENS D8000unstatedOpen+10%——Languages: not verified+1iInf Retriever v1unstatedOpen+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.2 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
lmLateOnOpen+2%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.2 GBlLateOnOpen+2%——Max input: 1K tokens → 0K tokenslmDenseOnOpensame——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.2 GBlColBERT ZeroOpensame——lGTE ModernColBERT v1Open-3%——Max input: 1K tokens → 0K tokenslColBERT Zero SupervisedOpen-8%——lColBERT Zero UnsupervisedOpen-9%——Max input: 1K tokens → 0K tokenslDenseOn UnsupervisedOpen-13%——All lightonai models →Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 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 & RetrievalBEIR · Retrieval · English56.2#32
FAQ
How much does DenseOn cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.
How good is DenseOn, and what is it best at?›
#32 of 194 in Embeddings.
Is DenseOn better than Gte Qwen1.5 7B Instruct?›
On BEIR · Mean over task types · English, DenseOn scores 56.2 vs 56.2 — about the same.
When was DenseOn released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-04-21. It is the current version in its line.
Is DenseOn open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run DenseOn locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is DenseOn?›
DenseOn is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from lightonai, released Apr 2026.
What are the best alternatives to DenseOn?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), NV Embed v2 (open weights).