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61.6MTEB Scandinavian v1
Oct 2025released
2K tokensMax input
Danish, Norwegian, Swahili, SwedishLanguages
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+6%—$0.005Max input: 2K tokens → 1K tokens+1
OpenJina Embeddings v5 Text Smallunstated+40%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+37%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+21%—$0.01Max input: 2K tokens → 1K tokens+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+19%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+6%—$0.005Max input: 2K tokens → 1K tokens+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+37%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+21%—$0.01Max input: 2K tokens → 1K tokens+1Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+19%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1
Bge M3unstatedOpen+12%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Jina Embeddings v5 Text SmallunstatedOpen+40%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1Jina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+40%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedOOcten Embedding 8BOpen+38%——Languages: loses Danish, Norwegian, Swahili, Swedish+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+37%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1
KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511Open+34%——Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
eQwen 3 Embedding Scandi 0.6BOpen-10%——Languages: loses SwahiliAll emillykkejensen models →Run it yourself
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LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M, and what is it best at?›
#122 of 205 in Embeddings.
Is EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M better than GIST Small Embedding v0?›
On MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages), EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M scores 61.6 vs 61.7 — about the same.
When was EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-10-17. It is the current version in its line.
Is EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M?›
EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from emillykkejensen, released Oct 2025.
What are the best alternatives to EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M?›
E5 Base v2 (better), Jina Embeddings v5 Text Small (open weights).