Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1 measured on 8 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks8
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46.6MTEB English v2
Aug 2026released
1,024Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
enLanguages
Rankingconfiguration unstated?
Full ranking →···
131Bilingual Embedding Large46.9132Nano Em1 0.6B v2.146.6133Multilingual E5 Small46.4Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+19%—$0.002Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1IOpenYuan Embedding 2.0 Enunstated+52%——
BetterBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+17%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokenstBetterGte BaseunstatedOpen+11%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensiBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+7%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
EmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+19%—$0.002Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1Bge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+17%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokenstGte BaseunstatedOpen+11%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensiE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+7%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+49%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
IYuan Embedding 2.0 EnunstatedOpen+52%——Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+49%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+47%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1KQZhou EmbeddingunstatedOpen+44%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.2 GBiJasper Token Compression 600MunstatedOpen+42%——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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How much does Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1 free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1, and what is it best at?›
#123 of 200 in Embeddings.
Is Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1 better than Bilingual Embedding Large?›
On MTEB English v2 · Retrieval · English, Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1 scores 46.6 vs 46.9 — about the same.
When was Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-08-11. It is the current version in its line.
Is Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1?›
Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from KiteFishAI, released Aug 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1?›
EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Yuan Embedding 2.0 En (open weights).