Litil Embed 0.6B measured on 5 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks5
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70.5RTEB German beta
Sep 2026released
1,024Dimensions
33K tokensMax input
en, de, zhLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+4%—$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 0.7 GBOpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.8 GBVBetterVoyage 4 Largeunstated+9%—$0.12Max input: 33K tokens → 32K tokens+1HBetterDinghy Law 8B v1Open+9%——Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokens+1mBetterMost Embed DeOpen+8%——Languages: loses zh+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+4%—$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 0.7 GBVVoyage 4 Largeunstated+9%—$0.12Max input: 33K tokens → 32K tokens+1Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16Open+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.8 GBHDinghy Law 8B v1Open+9%——Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokens+1mMost Embed DeOpen+8%——Languages: loses zh+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16Open+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.8 GBHDinghy Law 8B v1Open+9%——Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokens+1mMost Embed DeOpen+8%——Languages: loses zh+1OOcten Embedding 8BOpen+5%——Languages: loses de+1lOcten Law 8B v1Open+5%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
lOcten Law 8B v1Open+5%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.5 GBAll litillabs models →Run it yourself
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LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does Litil Embed 0.6B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Litil Embed 0.6B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Litil Embed 0.6B, and what is it best at?›
#14 of 206 in Embeddings.
Is Litil Embed 0.6B better than Voyage 4?›
On RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German, Litil Embed 0.6B scores 70.5 vs 70.8 — about the same.
When was Litil Embed 0.6B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-09-13. It is the current version in its line.
Is Litil Embed 0.6B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Litil Embed 0.6B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Litil Embed 0.6B?›
Litil Embed 0.6B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from litillabs, released Sep 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Litil Embed 0.6B?›
Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16 (better), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16 (open weights).