Harrier OSS v1 270M

Mar 2026
Harrier OSS v1 270M
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39.5MTEB Medical v1
Mar 2026released
640Dimensions
33K tokensMax input
en, Esperanto, es +90Languages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2922Qwen 3 Embedding 8B873Octen Embedding 8B86.94Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano86.45Llama Embed Nemotron 8B86.4
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57Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R272.758Harrier OSS v1 270M72.459F2LLM v2 160M72.2

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+11%—$0.002Max input: 33K tokens → 2K tokens+1GOpenSTS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2unstated+27%——Max input: 33K tokens → 0K tokens+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+20%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+14%—$0.01Max input: 33K tokens → 1K tokens+1iBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+11%—$0.01Max input: 33K tokens → 1K 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
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
JMTEB v2 · Mean over tasks · Japanese69.3#15
JMTEB v2 · Mean over task types · Japanese69.8#11
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese54.3#14
JMTEB v2 · Classification · Japanese68.7#11
JMTEB v2 · Retrieval · Japanese69.4#19
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese83.1#19
JMTEB v2 · Reranking · Japanese73.3#18
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)91.4#10
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)47.1#28
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-0.5#71
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)57.1#59
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)20.1#24
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French59.3#77
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)83.3#58
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi77.7#27
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)51.1#27
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)47.3#27
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch55.9#30
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch60.9#33
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch62.6#26
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch41.3#23
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch55.8#44
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch72.4#58
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch36.5#28
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch72#58
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch85.4#85
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese23.1#19
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-0.5#71
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-0.5#71
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-0.5#71
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish69.1#41
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai56.1#23
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai76.9#34
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)80.1#13
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian59.3#45
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)66.5#14
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)56.9#17
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)70.8#12
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)52.5#26
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)75.4#23
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)80.1#38
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)66.4#14
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)81.5#6
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-0.5#71
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)24#37
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)61.9#53

FAQ

How much does Harrier OSS v1 270M cost?›

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

Is Harrier OSS v1 270M free to use?›

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

How good is Harrier OSS v1 270M, and what is it best at?›

#49 of 220 in Embeddings.

Is Harrier OSS v1 270M better than Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2?›

On MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch, Harrier OSS v1 270M scores 72.4 vs 72.7 — about the same.

When was Harrier OSS v1 270M released? Is there a newer version?›

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

Is Harrier OSS v1 270M open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Harrier OSS v1 270M locally?›

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

What is Harrier OSS v1 270M?›

Harrier OSS v1 270M is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Microsoft, released Mar 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Harrier OSS v1 270M?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2 (open weights).