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NoInstruct Small Embedding v0

May 2024
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53.7MTEB English v2
May 2024released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
enLanguages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Yuan Embedding 2.0 En70.72Ingot 8B R3703Qwen 3 Embedding 8B69.44Geevec Embeddings 1.068.85Qwen 3 Embedding 4B68.5
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76SFR Embedding 2 R53.877NoInstruct Small Embedding v053.778GIST Embedding v053.6

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Embeddings & Retrieval#72 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+29%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1IOpenYuan Embedding 2.0 Enunstated+32%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.4 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+15%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+27%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1BetterJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+9%—$0.02Languages: 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
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English52#75
BEIR · Mean over task types · English52#75
BEIR · Retrieval · English52#75
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese18.1#105
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese62.6#95
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English36.1#98
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English36.1#98
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English36.1#98
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German24.8#84
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German51.6#82
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49.3#108
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)39.2#79
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)32.2#138
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)51.6#65
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)36#101
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.5#149
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)83.1#86
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)48.7#121
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)13.3#86
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French56.4#120
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)10.7#119
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)2.6#129
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)43.4#147
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi52.1#156
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)-2.3#185
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.1#156
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch77.5#140
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese18.8#120
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)38.9#97
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)38.9#97
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)38.9#97
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)38.8#71
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)32.8#77
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)41.3#77
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English36.9#73
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese20.2#135
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.5#149
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.5#149
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.5#149
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish59.4#112
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.6#152
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51#169
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)33.4#93
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)49#87
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)60.4#139
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian45.5#182
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)15.4#148
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German11.8#171
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)30.9#140
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)49.2#91
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)40.9#84
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.7#122
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)37.8#111
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)23.1#131
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.5#149
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16.9#96
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)43.6#122

FAQ

How much does NoInstruct Small Embedding v0 cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.

Is NoInstruct Small Embedding v0 free to use?›

There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is NoInstruct Small Embedding v0, and what is it best at?›

#72 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is NoInstruct Small Embedding v0 better than SFR Embedding 2 R?›

On MTEB English v2 · Retrieval · English, NoInstruct Small Embedding v0 scores 53.7 vs 53.8 — about the same.

When was NoInstruct Small Embedding v0 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-05-01. It is the current version in its line.

Is NoInstruct Small Embedding v0 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run NoInstruct Small Embedding v0 locally?›

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

What is NoInstruct Small Embedding v0?›

NoInstruct Small Embedding v0 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from avsolatorio, released May 2024.

What are the best alternatives to NoInstruct Small Embedding v0?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Yuan Embedding 2.0 En (open weights).