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Octen Embedding 8B

Dec 2025
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61.4RTEB French beta
Dec 2025released
4,096Dimensions
41K tokensMax input
en, zhLanguages

Ranking?

Full ranking →
1Harrier OSS v1 27B79.92KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251177.93Seed1.6 Embedding 121576.74Qwen 3 Embedding 8B745Harrier OSS v1 0.6B73.9
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20Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B66.821Octen Embedding 8B66.722Giga Embeddings Instruct 3B 082666.3

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+11%—$0.01Max input: 41K tokens → 33K tokens+1OpenKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511+17%——Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+8%—$0.02Max input: 41K tokens → 33K tokens+1BetterJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+4%—$0.02Max input: 41K tokens → 8K tokens+1BetterGemini Embedding 001unstated+8%—$0.15Max input: 41K tokens → 2K tokens

Run it yourself

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · 8-bit✓ 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 Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English8.9#5
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)20.5#20
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)47.8#24
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)64.8#3
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)93.1#3
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French77.1#5
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)61.9#5
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)88.5#5
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi83.3#6
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)54.6#12
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch65.6#4
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch70.2#2
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch66.7#6
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch72.8#6
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch41.5#3
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch86.9#3
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch49.8#4
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch91.6#15
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch82.1#6
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese21#54
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English8.9#5
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English8.9#5
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English8.9#5
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish82#5
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai85.7#6
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai59.5#13
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)84.8#7
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian66.4#13
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English83.2#5
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)61.4#7
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German74.1#7
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)67.9#7
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)77.6#1
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)67.8#11
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)60.3#7
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)55.7#12
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)81.3#1
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)66.7#21
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)71.6#4
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)25.2#26
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)80.3#8
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English8.9#5
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)67.6#8
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)85.1#5

FAQ

How much does Octen Embedding 8B cost?›

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

Is Octen Embedding 8B free to use?›

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

How good is Octen Embedding 8B, and what is it best at?›

#7 of 215 in Embeddings.

Is Octen Embedding 8B better than Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages), Octen Embedding 8B scores 66.7 vs 66.8 — about the same.

When was Octen Embedding 8B released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-12-23. It is the current version in its line.

Is Octen Embedding 8B open source?›

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

Can I run Octen Embedding 8B locally?›

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

What is Octen Embedding 8B?›

Octen Embedding 8B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Octen, released Dec 2025.

What are the best alternatives to Octen Embedding 8B?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 (open weights).