MoD Embedding measured on 17 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks17
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self-host onlyprice
52.7RTEB French beta
Dec 2025released
2,560Dimensions
41K tokensMax input
en, zhLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Max input: 41K tokens → 33K tokens+2
OpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16+23%——Max input: 41K tokens → 33K tokens+1BetterNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+8%—$0.015Max input: 41K tokens → 33K tokensVBetterVoyage 4+16%—$0.06Max input: 41K tokens → 32K tokens+1VBetterVoyage 4 Largeunstated+31%—$0.12Max input: 41K tokens → 32K tokens+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Max input: 41K tokens → 33K tokens+2Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+8%—$0.015Max input: 41K tokens → 33K tokensVVoyage 4+16%—$0.06Max input: 41K tokens → 32K tokens+1VVoyage 4 Largeunstated+31%—$0.12Max input: 41K tokens → 32K tokens+1
Text Embedding 3 Largeunstated+8%—$0.13Max input: 41K tokens → 8K tokens+1Run it yourself
estimateFits 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
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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in Embeddings & RetrievalFAQ
How much does MoD Embedding cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is MoD Embedding free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is MoD Embedding, and what is it best at?›
#31 of 215 in Embeddings.
Is MoD Embedding better than Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0?›
On RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages), MoD Embedding scores 52.7 vs 53 — about the same.
When was MoD Embedding released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-12-14. It is the current version in its line.
Is MoD Embedding open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run MoD Embedding locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is MoD Embedding?›
MoD Embedding is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from bflhc, released Dec 2025.
What are the best alternatives to MoD Embedding?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16 (open weights).