a

Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826

Aug 2026
aGiga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826
Compare in
on
self-host onlyprice
56.3MTEB English v2
Aug 2026released
1,024Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
en, ruLanguages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

Full ranking →
1F2LLM v2 14B79.92Qwen 3 Embedding 8B79.93C2LLM 7B79.64F2LLM v2 8B79.65F2LLM v2 4B79.6
···
25UltraBERT Embed 150M72.726Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 082672.527Qodo Embed 1 7B71.3

Strong at

A
Embeddings & Retrieval#48 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+3%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+9%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1Betterpplx Embed v1 4BOpen+7%—$0.03Languages: not verified+1VBetterVoyage Code 3unstated+8%—$0.18Languages: not verified

Run it yourself

estimate
Fits 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
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English47.2#22
CoIR · Mean over tasks · multilingual (9 languages)72.5#26
CoIR · Mean over task types · multilingual (9 languages)72.5#26
CoIR · Retrieval · multilingual (9 languages)72.5#26
MTEB Code v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (15 languages)72.9#25
MTEB Code v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (15 languages)72.9#25
MTEB Code v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (15 languages)72.9#25
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian71#5
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian68.4#6
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian75.2#6
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian73.8#22
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian70.7#7
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian63.3#17
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian64.8#18
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian76.2#8
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian54.8#5

FAQ

How much does Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826 cost?›

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

Is Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826 free to use?›

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

How good is Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826, and what is it best at?›

#48 of 200 in Embeddings. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.

Is Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826 better than UltraBERT Embed 150M?›

On CoIR · Mean over task types · multilingual (9 languages), Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826 scores 72.5 vs 72.7 — about the same.

When was Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-08-10. It is the current version in its line.

Is Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826 locally?›

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

What is Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826?›

Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from ai-sage, released Aug 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better).