NV Embed v1

Sep 2024
NV Embed v1
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60.1MTEB English v2
Sep 2024released
33K tokensMax input
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Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v284.82KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251163.43Harrier OSS v1 27B63.44Gemini Embedding 00162.95Octen Embedding 8B61.9
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90Potion Multilingual 128M14.891NV Embed v113.592NV Embed v213.4

Strong at

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Embeddings & Retrieval#20 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen×3.2—$0.002Max input: 33K tokens → 2K tokens+1GOpenSTS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2unstated×6.3——Max input: 33K tokens → 0K tokens+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×4.6—$0.01Languages: not verifiediBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen×4—$0.01Max input: 33K tokens → 1K tokensBetterBge M3unstatedOpen×3.9—$0.01Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokens+1

Run it yourself

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · compressed✓ 16 GB · 8-bit✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0no commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese44.7#61
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese78.9#59
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English21.2#148
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English21.2#148
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English21.2#148
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German68#33
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German54.4#36
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)57.8#35
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English3#19
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)12.7#94
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)84.8#71
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)38.6#70
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)50.8#50
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)60.2#29
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)75.7#89
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French69.1#27
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French60.9#61
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30#91
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)52.8#49
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)46.3#49
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)57.7#58
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)28.6#60
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)13.5#91
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)78.5#83
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)68.7#50
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi60.2#98
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)16.9#91
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch92.6#3
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish85.5#23
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese23.4#16
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)46.5#60
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)46.5#60
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)46.5#60
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)63#13
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)60.3#21
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)67.2#8
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English37.4#67
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese76.5#69
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English3#19
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English3#19
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English3#19
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish59.5#108
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai59.6#101
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai30.1#96
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)35.4#81
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)60.9#135
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian61.4#42
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian53.7#52
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian68.4#22
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian30.8#81
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian65.9#64
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian53.5#102
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)56.2#22
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German20.7#129
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)39.3#90
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)42.9#60
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)57#58
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)54#73
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)18.9#70
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)48.9#83
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English3#19
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)64.3#28
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)76.2#72

FAQ

How much does NV Embed v1 cost?›

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

Is NV Embed v1 free to use?›

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

How good is NV Embed v1, and what is it best at?›

#20 of 200 in Embeddings. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.

Is NV Embed v1 better than Potion Multilingual 128M?›

On MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages), NV Embed v1 scores 13.5 vs 14.8 — lower.

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

Released 2024-09-13. It is the current version in its line.

Is NV Embed v1 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (cc-by-nc-4.0 licence).

Can I run NV Embed v1 locally?›

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

What is NV Embed v1?›

NV Embed v1 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from NVIDIA, released Sep 2024.

What are the best alternatives to NV Embed v1?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2 (open weights).