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MoD Embedding

Dec 2025
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52.7RTEB French beta
Dec 2025released
2,560Dimensions
41K tokensMax input
en, zhLanguages

Ranking?

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1Topk Embed v1 Small85.62Topk Embed v1 Xsmall84.23Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF1677.24Dinghy Law 8B v177.15Voyage 4 Large76.9
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21Octen Embedding 4B INT869.422MoD Embedding68.523Voyage 4 Lite67.7

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
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch63.8#8
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch68.5#8
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch65.3#10
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch70.8#9
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch40#10
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch86.1#8
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch46.9#8
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch88.6#51
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch81.4#10
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)74.6#2
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)74.6#2
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)74.6#2
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English78#16
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)52.7#32
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German68.5#22
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)63.5#22
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)74.3#4

FAQ

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 Octen Embedding 4B INT8?›

On RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German, MoD Embedding scores 68.5 vs 69.4 — 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?›

Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16 (better), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16 (open weights).