mDenseOn measured on 9 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks9
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56.7BEIR
Jul 2026released
768Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +6Languages
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Betterpplx Embed v1 0.6BOpen+6%—$0.004Languages: not verified+1cOpenC2LLM 7B+13%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +5+1
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+5%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+12%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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pplx Embed v1 0.6BOpen+6%—$0.004Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+5%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+12%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1pplx Embed v1 4BOpen+10%—$0.03Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
cC2LLM 7BOpen+13%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +5+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+12%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+12%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 2.4 GBQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+12%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
lLateOn CodeOpen+4%——Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1lmLateOnOpen+3%——lLateOn Code EdgeOpen-7%——Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1lLateOn Code PretrainOpen-11%——Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1lLateOn Code Edge PretrainOpen-20%——Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1lDenseOnOpenn/a——Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1lDenseOn UnsupervisedOpenn/a——Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1lLateOnOpenn/a——Max input: 8K tokens → 0K tokens+1All lightonai models →Run 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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in Embeddings & RetrievalBEIR · Retrieval · English56.7#29
FAQ
How much does mDenseOn cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.
How good is mDenseOn, and what is it best at?›
#29 of 194 in Embeddings.
Is mDenseOn better than Giga Embeddings Instruct 480M 0826?›
On MTEB Code v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (15 languages), mDenseOn scores 71.5 vs 72.9 — lower.
When was mDenseOn released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-07-30. It is the current version in its line.
Is mDenseOn open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run mDenseOn locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is mDenseOn?›
mDenseOn is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from lightonai, released Jul 2026.
What are the best alternatives to mDenseOn?›
pplx Embed v1 0.6B (better), C2LLM 7B (open weights).