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Octen Embedding 0.6B

Jan 2026
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46.1RTEB French beta
Jan 2026released
1,024Dimensions
33K tokensMax input
en, zhLanguages

Ranking?

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1F2LLM v2 8B43.22F2LLM v2 14B42.73Octen Embedding 8B41.54Llama Embed Nemotron 8B41.55Qwen 3 Embedding 8B41.5
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33Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.036.134Octen Embedding 0.6B36.135Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B36

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+15%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1cOpenF2LLM v2 8Bunstated+20%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.5 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+7%—$0.01Max input: 33K tokens → 1K tokensBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+12%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1cBetterF2LLM v2 14BunstatedOpen+18%——Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 8.4 GB

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

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch62.3#30
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch38.7#29
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch77.1#45
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch36.1#34
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch74.1#52
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch87.2#71
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)58.6#20
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)56#21
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai37.5#87
MTEB Thai v1 · Classification · Thai61.5#25
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai68.5#66
MTEB Thai v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)60.3#17
MTEB Thai v1 · Reranking · Thai52#20
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English73.5#21
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)46.1#53
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German65.7#25
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)56.9#40
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)71.1#8

FAQ

How much does Octen Embedding 0.6B cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.

How good is Octen Embedding 0.6B, and what is it best at?›

#47 of 212 in Embeddings.

Is Octen Embedding 0.6B better than Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0?›

On MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch, Octen Embedding 0.6B scores 36.1 vs 36.1 — about the same.

When was Octen Embedding 0.6B released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-01-10. It is the current version in its line.

Is Octen Embedding 0.6B open source?›

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

Can I run Octen Embedding 0.6B locally?›

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

What is Octen Embedding 0.6B?›

Octen Embedding 0.6B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Octen, released Jan 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Octen Embedding 0.6B?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), F2LLM v2 8B (open weights).