KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511

Nov 2025
KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511
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82.7MTEB Scandinavian v1
Nov 2025released
3,840Dimensions
131K tokensMax input

Ranking?

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1Giga Embeddings Instruct79.62Giga Embeddings Instruct 3B 082672.33Giga Embeddings Instruct 10B A1.8B 082671.64Qwen 3 Embedding 8B71.35Gte Qwen1.5 7B Instruct69.5
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26Arabic Labse Matryoshka61.827KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251161.628F2LLM v2 8B61.5

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+6%—$0.002Max input: 131K tokens → 2K tokensaOpenGiga Embeddings Instructunstated+29%——Max input: 131K tokens → 4K tokensBetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+16%—$0.01Max input: 131K tokens → 33K tokensiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+4%—$0.01Max input: 131K tokens → 1K tokensBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+8%—$0.02Max input: 131K tokens → 33K tokens

Run it yourself

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · compressed✓ 16 GB · 8-bit✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
Licencetencent-kalm-embedding-communitycommercial use with conditions

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English5.5#9
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)25.2#7
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)50.7#8
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)63.1#8
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)92.8#5
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French69.2#12
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)63.4#2
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)87.6#15
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi82.5#8
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)52.9#14
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch90.5#28
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese31.6#4
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English5.5#9
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English5.5#9
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English5.5#9
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish77.7#8
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)66.4#7
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)66.8#8
MTEB Thai v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)63.7#11
MTEB Thai v1 · Classification · Thai76.2#9
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai85.1#7
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai57.2#18
MTEB Thai v1 · Reranking · Thai51.7#25
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)82.7#9
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian61.6#27
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)72.3#2
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)62.5#2
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)55.8#11
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)79#7
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)77.9#2
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)75.7#3
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)33#8
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)83.8#3
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English5.5#9
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)67.3#10
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)84.7#7

FAQ

How much does KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 cost?›

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

Is KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 free to use?›

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

How good is KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511, and what is it best at?›

#6 of 206 in Embeddings.

Is KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 better than Arabic Labse Matryoshka?›

On MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian, KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 scores 61.6 vs 61.8 — about the same.

When was KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-11-06. It is the current version in its line.

Is KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (tencent-kalm-embedding-community licence).

Can I run KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 locally?›

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

What is KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511?›

KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Tencent, released Nov 2025.

What are the best alternatives to KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Giga Embeddings Instruct (open weights).