Llama Embed Nemotron 8B

Oct 2025
Llama Embed Nemotron 8B
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79.6MTEB Scandinavian v1
Oct 2025released
4,096Dimensions
131K tokensMax input

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1STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v284.82KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251163.43Harrier OSS v1 27B63.44Gemini Embedding 00162.95Octen Embedding 8B61.9
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10F2LLM v2 14B60.111Llama Embed Nemotron 8B58.212F2LLM v2 8B58

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+6%—$0.01Max input: 131K tokens → 33K tokensGOpenSTS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2unstated+46%——Max input: 131K tokens → 0K tokensBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+5%—$0.02Max input: 131K tokens → 33K tokensBetterGemini Embedding 001unstated+8%—$0.15Max input: 131K tokens → 2K tokensBetterKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511Open+9%——Memory (4-bit): 4.5 GB → 7.1 GB

Run it yourself

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · 8-bit✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
Licencehttps://huggingface.co/nvidia/llama-embed-nemotron-8b/blob/main/LICENSEcommercial use with conditions

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English10.8#3
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)22#13
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)49.9#13
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)62.5#12
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)92.1#7
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French66.8#17
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)58.2#11
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)88.5#6
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi80.1#16
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)57#8
MTEB Korean v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)56.3#34
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch66.2#2
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch70.7#1
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch67#4
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch73.4#3
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch41.5#4
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch86.4#5
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch50.8#1
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch91.7#14
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch83.9#1
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese29#7
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English10.8#3
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English10.8#3
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English10.8#3
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish74.8#13
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai81.4#15
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai63.4#10
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)79.6#14
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian67.2#10
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)69.5#5
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)61.1#5
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)54.4#15
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)79.4#5
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)73.2#6
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)68.7#10
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)29.9#10
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)81.7#5
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English10.8#3
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)67.8#7
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)84#9

FAQ

How much does Llama Embed Nemotron 8B cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.

Is Llama Embed Nemotron 8B free to use?›

There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is Llama Embed Nemotron 8B, and what is it best at?›

#11 of 206 in Embeddings.

Is Llama Embed Nemotron 8B better than F2LLM v2 14B?›

On MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages), Llama Embed Nemotron 8B scores 58.2 vs 60.1 — lower.

When was Llama Embed Nemotron 8B released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-10-23. It is the current version in its line.

Is Llama Embed Nemotron 8B open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (https://huggingface.co/nvidia/llama-embed-nemotron-8b/blob/main/LICENSE licence).

Can I run Llama Embed Nemotron 8B locally?›

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

What is Llama Embed Nemotron 8B?›

Llama Embed Nemotron 8B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from NVIDIA, released Oct 2025.

What are the best alternatives to Llama Embed Nemotron 8B?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2 (open weights).