Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2

Apr 2026
Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2
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52.5MTEB English v2
Apr 2026released
768Dimensions
33K tokensMax input
en, es, Estonian +49Languages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Geevec Embeddings 1.079.92Harrier OSS v1 27B78.33KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251175.74Octen Embedding 8B71.65Geevec Embeddings 1.0 Lite70.9
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18pplx Embed v1 0.6B65.419Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R265.220Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Small64.9

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Embeddings & Retrieval#84 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+9%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1OpenKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511+16%——Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+7%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1Betterpplx Embed v1 4BOpen+7%—$0.03Languages: not verified+1BetterGemini Embedding 001unstated+4%—$0.15Max input: 33K tokens → 2K tokens+1

Run it yourself

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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
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English49.3#108
BEIR · Mean over task types · English49.3#108
BEIR · Retrieval · English49.3#108
BRIGHT · Mean over tasks · English11.7#21
BRIGHT · Mean over task types · English11.7#21
BRIGHT · Retrieval · English11.7#21
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · STS · Mandarin Chinese44.4#59
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese58.3#57
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Pair Classification · Mandarin Chinese60#70
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Classification · Mandarin Chinese64.8#34
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)72.1#13
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)50.9#20
ChemTEB · Classification · English83.4#13
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English69.9#30
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)62.5#9
ChemTEB · Clustering · English38.5#30
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.3#13
MTEB Persian v2 · Clustering · Persian63.1#14
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian70.6#20
MTEB Persian v2 · Pair Classification · Persian80.9#26
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English71.7#17
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English71.7#17
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English71.7#17
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)81.8#73
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)41.2#55
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.4#142
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)58#51
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)14.5#66
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French65.1#30
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)82.9#62
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi61.3#92
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)37.2#55
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)36#44
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch54.1#38
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch59.9#42
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch57.8#55
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch35.4#35
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch58.7#32
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch72.7#57
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch35.7#39
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch72.5#57
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch86.3#79
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese19.7#93
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese72.1#74
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.4#142
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.4#142
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.4#142
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish62.3#77
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai44.8#51
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai62.5#91
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)64#103
CoIR · Mean over tasks · multilingual (9 languages)62.3#40
CoIR · Mean over task types · multilingual (9 languages)62.3#40
CoIR · Retrieval · multilingual (9 languages)62.3#40
MTEB Code v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (15 languages)63.8#35
MTEB Code v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (15 languages)63.8#35
MTEB Code v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (15 languages)63.8#35
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian54#96
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English52.9#63
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)36.6#77
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German37.8#89
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)46.9#53
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)40.2#80
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)56#49
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)49.3#48
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)53.3#71
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)44.4#55
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)69#59
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)76.1#74
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)65.2#19
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)57.9#74
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.4#142
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)18.5#76
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)62#51

FAQ

How much does Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2 cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.

How good is Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2, and what is it best at?›

#84 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2 better than pplx Embed v1 0.6B?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages), Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2 scores 65.2 vs 65.4 — about the same.

When was Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-04-29. It is the current version in its line.

Is Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).

Can I run Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2 locally?›

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

What is Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2?›

Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from IBM, released Apr 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 (open weights).