Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2 measured on 8 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks8
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62.7MTEB Korean v2
Jun 2025released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
en, koLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+20%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1NOpenKo Embed Cls+47%——Languages: loses en+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+9%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+6%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+17%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+20%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+9%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+6%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+17%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1iE5 Mistral 7B InstructunstatedOpen+5%—$0.022Languages: loses ko+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
NKo Embed ClsOpen+47%——Languages: loses en+1SPwC Embedding ExprOpen+27%——Languages: loses en+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+20%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+18%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+17%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1Run 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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How much does Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.
How good is Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2, and what is it best at?›
#13 of 150 in Embeddings.
Is Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2 better than Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0 Ko?›
On MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean, Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2 scores 57.4 vs 57.4 — about the same.
When was Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-06-10. It is the current version in its line.
Is Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2?›
Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from dragonkue, released Jun 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Multilingual E5 Small Ko v2?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Ko Embed Cls (open weights).