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Nomic Embed Text v1.5

Feb 2024
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48MTEB English v2
Feb 2024released
768Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
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Rankingconfiguration unstated?

Full ranking →
1F2LLM v2 14B70.52F2LLM v2 8B70.33Querit 4B69.54F2LLM v2 4B69.45Jina Reranker v367.8
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114MedEmbed Small v0.145115Nomic Embed Text v1.544.8116E5 Small v244.4

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Embeddings & Retrieval#115 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+41%—$0.002Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+2cOpenF2LLM v2 8Bunstated+57%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBBetterBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+6%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensiBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+6%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokenstBetterGte BaseunstatedOpen+5%—$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens

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

History

2 versions
4545.546Release dateMTEB multilingual · Rerankingv1v1.5
4545.546Release dateMTEB multilingual · Rerankingv1v1.5

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English51.8#80
BEIR · Mean over task types · English51.8#80
BEIR · Retrieval · English51.8#80
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)71.8#14
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)52.8#10
ChemTEB · Classification · English82.9#15
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English75.7#11
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)55.7#27
ChemTEB · Clustering · English49.6#12
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.3#15
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian35.6#86
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese21.6#85
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese65#83
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English30.6#125
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English30.6#125
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English30.6#125
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German24.9#83
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German46.8#123
MTEB German v1 · STS · German49.6#84
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49.8#93
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German19#109
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)46.3#45
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)41.2#44
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)37.3#96
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)64.9#52
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)39.4#119
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)50.8#81
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)35.2#111
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.8#120
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)83.2#84
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)49.1#117
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)12.5#99
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)45.6#70
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)48.1#69
MTEB French v1 · STS · French71.8#53
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)26.9#100
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French59.8#102
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French39#73
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French51.6#93
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.3#67
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French57#109
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)35.6#68
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)26.2#63
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)46.2#65
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)15.5#93
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)5.2#89
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)51.6#124
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi53.5#136
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)7.7#112
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.8#128
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean49#49
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean15.1#78
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean21.9#100
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch76.3#147
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish65.6#88
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish41.6#89
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish57.7#62
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese19.1#108
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)35.8#114
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)35.8#114
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)35.8#114
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)37.3#81
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)32.8#76
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)39#84
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English36.9#75
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese22.5#121
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-1.8#120
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-1.8#120
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-1.8#120
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)48.9#26
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)49.4#25
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish57.9#130
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)65.5#50
MTEB Spanish v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)28.4#26
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish44.2#46
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish25.5#108
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish74.7#26
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.5#157
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.4#150
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)32.8#99
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)48.4#104
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)69.9#47
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian28.6#69
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian29.2#69
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian31.4#108
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian45#88
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian24.2#105
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian17.9#110
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian47.1#165
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian12.6#61
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian26.1#115
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)18.5#135
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German9#184
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)26.5#168
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)44.1#72
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)37.8#71
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)48.5#97
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)39.7#104
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)59.5#83
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.9#117
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)34.1#132
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)27.1#108
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.8#120
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16.8#100
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)44.8#115

FAQ

How much does Nomic Embed Text v1.5 cost?›

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

Is Nomic Embed Text v1.5 free to use?›

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

How good is Nomic Embed Text v1.5, and what is it best at?›

#115 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Nomic Embed Text v1.5 better than MedEmbed Small v0.1?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages), Nomic Embed Text v1.5 scores 44.8 vs 45 — about the same.

When was Nomic Embed Text v1.5 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-02-10. It is the current version in its line.

Is Nomic Embed Text v1.5 open source?›

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

Can I run Nomic Embed Text v1.5 locally?›

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

What is Nomic Embed Text v1.5?›

Nomic Embed Text v1.5 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from nomic-ai, released Feb 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Nomic Embed Text v1.5?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), F2LLM v2 8B (open weights).