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Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1

Aug 2021
sMulti Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1
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47MTEB English v2
Aug 2021released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
enLanguages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2922Qwen 3 Embedding 8B873Octen Embedding 8B86.94Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano86.45Llama Embed Nemotron 8B86.4
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98Squirtle57.699Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v157.6100Jina Embedding B En v157.2

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+39%—$0.002Languages: not verified+1GOpenSTS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2unstated+60%——Max input: 1K tokens → 0K tokens+2iBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+12%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBsBetterAll MiniLM L12 v2unstatedOpen+4%—$0.005Max input: 1K tokens → 0K tokensBetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+51%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1

Run it yourself

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Fits 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

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German48.1#114
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French51#95
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French27.6#145
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch34.6#104
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch43.5#105
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch44#110
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch15.8#111
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch28.9#100
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch57.6#99
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch26#112
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch56.7#131
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch75.5#153
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English46.2#74
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)11.1#159
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German16.2#138
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)32.1#76
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)28.8#154

FAQ

How much does Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1 cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.

How good is Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1, and what is it best at?›

#98 of 223 in Embeddings.

Is Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1 better than Squirtle?›

On MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch, Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1 scores 57.6 vs 57.6 — about the same.

When was Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2021-08-30. It is the current version in its line.

Is Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).

Can I run Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1 locally?›

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

What is Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1?›

Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from sentence-transformers, released Aug 2021.

What are the best alternatives to Multi Qa MiniLM L6 Cos v1?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2 (open weights).