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KURE v1

Dec 2024
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41.1MTEB Thai v1
Dec 2024released
1,024Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
en, koLanguages

Ranking?

Full ranking →
1Ko Embed Cls84.42PwC Embedding Expr733Qwen 3 Embedding 8B69.14F2LLM v2 14B68.65F2LLM v2 8B67.6
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26Harrier OSS v1 0.6B59.827KURE v159.728Bilingual Embedding Large59.1

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+16%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1NOpenKo Embed Cls+41%——Languages: loses eniBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+4%—$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+13%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1BetterBge Multilingual Gemma2unstatedOpen+5%—$0.11Languages: not verified+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
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German52.5#18
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French58.5#87
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)34.6#49
MTEB Korean v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)72#8
MTEB Korean v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)68.9#8
MTEB Korean v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)75.9#13
MTEB Korean v2 · Clustering · Korean61.3#25
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean83.6#17
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean59.7#27
MTEB Korean v2 · Pair Classification · Korean64.2#16
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean68.8#3
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish62.3#10
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai41.1#68

FAQ

How much does KURE v1 cost?›

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

How good is KURE v1, and what is it best at?›

#64 of 192 in Embeddings.

Is KURE v1 better than Harrier OSS v1 0.6B?›

On MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean, KURE v1 scores 59.7 vs 59.8 — about the same.

When was KURE v1 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-12-18. It is the current version in its line.

Is KURE v1 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run KURE v1 locally?›

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

What is KURE v1?›

KURE v1 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from nlpai-lab, released Dec 2024.

What are the best alternatives to KURE v1?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Ko Embed Cls (open weights).