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KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1

Aug 2024
HKaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1
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54.2MTEB English v2
Aug 2024released
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1K tokensMax input

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1Gemini Embedding 2 Preview91.72Harrier OSS v1 27B863KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251183.84Harrier OSS v1 0.6B82.85Llama Embed Nemotron 8B81.7
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55Cohere Embed Multilingual Light v3.06556KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v164.857Voyage Multilingual 264.5

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Embeddings & Retrieval#68 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+25%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBOpenKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511+29%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 7.1 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+24%—$0.01BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+12%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 0.4 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+23%—$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.4 GB

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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
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English50.8#98
BEIR · Mean over task types · English50.8#98
BEIR · Retrieval · English50.8#98
BEIR-NL · Mean over tasks · Dutch40.5#10
BEIR-NL · Mean over task types · Dutch40.5#10
BEIR-NL · Retrieval · Dutch40.5#10
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · STS · Mandarin Chinese48#53
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Clustering · Mandarin Chinese49.9#52
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese64.8#44
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Retrieval · Mandarin Chinese69.8#50
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Pair Classification · Mandarin Chinese73.2#36
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian66.7#40
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese46.1#57
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese80#48
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English43.3#56
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English43.3#56
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English43.3#56
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German53.4#24
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German52.8#24
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German65.4#41
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German52.9#51
MTEB German v1 · STS · German66.6#44
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German34.9#25
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German48.5#31
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German48.7#34
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)58#33
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.5#105
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)16.9#47
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)87.4#47
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)40.4#61
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)50.6#51
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)56.8#62
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)83#69
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)53#33
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French67.6#32
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French80.7#30
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French60.6#66
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.5#55
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)58.6#41
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)54.3#43
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)60.4#45
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)51.5#45
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)18.6#87
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)82.2#68
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)75.7#43
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi67.5#72
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)24.4#81
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean57.3#37
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean52.7#42
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch53.5#44
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch60.3#38
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch55.6#45
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch58.8#46
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch36.1#32
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch75.2#52
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch33.8#40
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch87.1#73
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch75.8#48
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish60.8#36
MTEB Polish v1 · Clustering · Polish42.8#23
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish79.9#58
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese18.7#127
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)53.9#47
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)53.9#47
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)53.9#47
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)57.3#29
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)58.7#27
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)59.8#30
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English33.5#152
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese82.7#46
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-1.5#105
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-1.5#105
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-1.5#105
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish67.8#52
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish59#38
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai68.9#61
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai40.5#70
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)54.1#42
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)55.6#42
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)56.7#62
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)56.8#49
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)40.8#53
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)68#61
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian62.1#38
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian55.7#44
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian63.2#41
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian36.1#48
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian57.7#62
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)40.9#70
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German41.9#90
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)43.5#80
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)54.2#71
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)20.7#56
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)64.8#56
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.5#105
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)60.6#61
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)77.7#61

FAQ

How much does KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1 cost?›

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

How good is KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1, and what is it best at?›

#68 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1 better than Cohere Embed Multilingual Light v3.0?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages), KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1 scores 64.8 vs 65 — about the same.

When was KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-08-27. It is the current version in its line.

Is KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1 locally?›

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

What is KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1?›

KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from HIT-TMG, released Aug 2024.

What are the best alternatives to KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini v1?›

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