EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M measured on 6 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks6
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61.6MTEB Scandinavian v1
Oct 2025released
2K tokensMax input
Danish, Norwegian, Swahili, SwedishLanguages
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eQwen 3 Embedding Scandi 0.6BOpen-3%——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 206 in Embeddings.
Is EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M better than KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1?›
On MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages), EmbeddingGemma Scandi 300M scores 54 vs 54.1 — 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?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better).