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Nomic Embed Text v1

Jan 2024
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50.7MTEB English v2
Jan 2024released
768Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
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Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Qwen 3 Embedding 8B86.82Qwen 3 Embedding 4B86.23F2LLM v2 8B83.94F2LLM v2 14B83.75Harrier OSS v1 0.6B83.7
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58E5 Small v271.559Nomic Embed Text v171.560Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B71

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Embeddings & Retrieval#101 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+21%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+16%—$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1iBetterE5 Large v2unstatedOpen+5%—$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1tBetterGte LargeunstatedOpen+5%—$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+1BetterBge Large En v1.5unstatedOpen+3%—$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens+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

History

2 versions
71.571.671.771.8Release dateMTEB French · STSv1v1.5
71.571.671.771.8Release dateMTEB French · STSv1v1.5

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English52.9#70
BEIR · Mean over task types · English52.9#70
BEIR · Retrieval · English52.9#70
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)70.6#21
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)51.5#17
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English73#22
ChemTEB · Clustering · English47.8#18
ChemTEB · Classification · English81.8#22
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.2#23
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)54.9#39
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian42.2#73
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese23.1#87
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese65.5#86
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English47.7#45
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English47.7#45
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English47.7#45
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German48.6#107
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German48.7#151
MTEB German v1 · STS · German52.7#72
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German25.6#77
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German21.9#99
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)51.7#66
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.2#173
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)14.3#71
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)82.8#107
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)36.7#90
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)40.7#88
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)51.6#91
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)40.7#114
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)49#55
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)50.7#53
MTEB French v1 · STS · French71.5#59
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)33#95
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French54.1#82
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French42.9#38
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French66.9#87
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French55.2#141
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French31.1#34
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)36.2#70
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)27.7#63
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)46.1#74
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)5.6#89
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)10.8#100
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)55.9#113
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)17.8#89
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi53.9#125
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.6#134
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean21.9#109
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean9.8#112
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch79.9#118
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish42.1#92
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish57.2#69
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish64.6#106
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese19.8#87
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)41.8#75
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)41.8#75
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)41.8#75
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)40.7#64
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)33.9#66
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)43.9#65
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English35.7#112
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese22.1#128
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-3.2#173
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-3.2#173
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-3.2#173
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish46.1#31
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish57.3#135
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish32.4#92
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.1#168
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.5#162
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)48.8#97
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)34#92
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)70.8#41
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian29#67
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian29.4#68
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian32.2#106
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian17.8#116
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian24.4#103
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian26.4#112
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian46.9#87
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian11.6#62
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian46.3#178
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)22.6#123
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German26#117
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)33.5#121
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)40.8#85
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)49.4#90
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)37#117
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)17.8#83
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)28.4#104
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.2#173
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)46#107
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.7#130

FAQ

How much does Nomic Embed Text v1 cost?›

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

Is Nomic Embed Text v1 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, and what is it best at?›

#101 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Nomic Embed Text v1 better than E5 Small v2?›

On MTEB French v1 · STS · French, Nomic Embed Text v1 scores 71.5 vs 71.5 — about the same.

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

Released 2024-01-31. It is the current version in its line.

Is Nomic Embed Text v1 open source?›

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

Can I run Nomic Embed Text v1 locally?›

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

What is Nomic Embed Text v1?›

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

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

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better).