KURE Sparse Nano measured on 4 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks4
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Retrieval1
Other3
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27.3RTEB French beta
Oct 2026released
8K tokensMax input
en, koLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+5%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1
OpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16+71%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.8 GB
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+61%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterBge M3unstatedOpen+32%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+30%—$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Bge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+5%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+61%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Bge M3unstatedOpen+32%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+30%—$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1iMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+18%—$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16Open+71%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.8 GBOOcten Embedding 4BOpen+65%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2.4 GBOOcten Embedding 4B INT8Open+63%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2.4 GBOOcten Embedding 8BOpen+63%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBNV Embed v2unstatedOpen+62%——Languages: loses ko+1Run it yourself
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LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does KURE Sparse Nano cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.
How good is KURE Sparse Nano, and what is it best at?›
#99 of 215 in Embeddings.
Is KURE Sparse Nano better than Bge Base En?›
On RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages), KURE Sparse Nano scores 41.6 vs 42 — about the same.
When was KURE Sparse Nano released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-10-12. It is the current version in its line.
Is KURE Sparse Nano open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run KURE Sparse Nano locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is KURE Sparse Nano?›
KURE Sparse Nano is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from nlpai-lab, released Oct 2026.
What are the best alternatives to KURE Sparse Nano?›
Bge Base En v1.5 (better), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16 (open weights).