Harrier OSS v1 0.6B

Mar 2026
Harrier OSS v1 0.6B
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42.3MTEB Medical v1
Mar 2026released
1,024Dimensions
33K tokensMax input
en, Esperanto, es +90Languages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Seed1.6 Embedding 121546.22Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Small422Jina Embeddings v5 Text Small424Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Nano41.34Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano41.3
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18BidirLM 1.7B Embedding26.419Harrier OSS v1 0.6B26.420F2LLM v2 1.7B26

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+9%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1OpenJina Embeddings v5 Text Smallunstated+59%—$0.05Languages: not verifiedBetterJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+57%—$0.02Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokens+1BetterGemini Embedding 001unstated+11%—$0.15Max input: 33K tokens → 2K tokens+1BetterSeed1.6 Embedding 1215+75%——Languages: not verified

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
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
JMTEB v2 · Mean over tasks · Japanese72.7#7
JMTEB v2 · Mean over task types · Japanese72.6#6
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese56.3#9
JMTEB v2 · Classification · Japanese71.9#7
JMTEB v2 · Retrieval · Japanese73.9#11
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese84.8#4
JMTEB v2 · Reranking · Japanese76.3#10
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)91.9#8
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)48.3#19
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English0.8#40
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)58.5#46
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)21.8#14
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French64.1#39
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)82#71
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi79.5#19
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)53.3#21
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)51.6#17
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch59.4#17
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch65#18
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch65.3#19
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch44.9#19
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch59.2#28
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch81.2#19
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch38.7#19
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch79.6#25
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch85.8#82
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese27.7#10
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English0.8#40
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English0.8#40
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English0.8#40
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish74.5#15
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai57.7#17
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai79.8#19
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)81.2#11
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian64.3#22
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)69#7
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)59#10
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)73.9#5
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)54#17
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)77.1#13
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)82.1#15
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)70.8#7
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)82.8#4
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English0.8#40
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)26.4#19
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)63.2#41

FAQ

How much does Harrier OSS v1 0.6B cost?›

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

Is Harrier OSS v1 0.6B free to use?›

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

How good is Harrier OSS v1 0.6B, and what is it best at?›

#38 of 220 in Embeddings.

Is Harrier OSS v1 0.6B better than BidirLM 1.7B Embedding?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages), Harrier OSS v1 0.6B scores 26.4 vs 26.4 — about the same.

When was Harrier OSS v1 0.6B released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-03-27. It is the current version in its line.

Is Harrier OSS v1 0.6B open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Harrier OSS v1 0.6B locally?›

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

What is Harrier OSS v1 0.6B?›

Harrier OSS v1 0.6B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Microsoft, released Mar 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Harrier OSS v1 0.6B?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Jina Embeddings v5 Text Small (open weights).