KURE Sparse Base measured on 4 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks4
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Retrieval1
Other3
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59.1RTEB French beta
Oct 2026released
8K tokensMax input
en, koLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
VBetterVoyage 4 Largeunstated+17%—$0.12Languages: not verified
OpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.8 GBOBetterOcten Embedding 4BOpen+9%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBOBetterOcten Embedding 4B INT8Open+9%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBnBetterKURE v3Open+5%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 0.7 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
VVoyage 4 Largeunstated+17%—$0.12Languages: not verifiedNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16Open+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.8 GBOOcten Embedding 4BOpen+9%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBOOcten Embedding 4B INT8Open+9%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBnKURE v3Open+5%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 0.7 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16Open+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.8 GBOOcten Embedding 4BOpen+9%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBOOcten Embedding 4B INT8Open+9%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBnKURE v3Open+5%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 0.7 GBNV Embed v2unstatedOpen+4%——Languages: loses ko+1Run it yourself
estimateFits 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
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How much does KURE Sparse Base cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.
How good is KURE Sparse Base, and what is it best at?›
#13 of 215 in Embeddings.
Is KURE Sparse Base better than Qwen 3 Embedding 8B?›
On RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages), KURE Sparse Base scores 59.1 vs 59.5 — about the same.
When was KURE Sparse Base released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-10-12. It is the current version in its line.
Is KURE Sparse Base open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run KURE Sparse Base locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is KURE Sparse Base?›
KURE Sparse Base is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from nlpai-lab, released Oct 2026.
What are the best alternatives to KURE Sparse Base?›
Voyage 4 Large (better), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16 (open weights).