PIXIE Rune v1.0 measured on 12 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks12
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53.3RTEB French beta
Jan 2026released
1,024Dimensions
6K tokensMax input
en, es, Estonian +68Languages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+4%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1cOpenF2LLM v2 8Bunstated+27%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+11%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1cBetterF2LLM v2 14BunstatedOpen+27%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 8.4 GBcBetterF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+27%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+4%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+11%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1cF2LLM v2 14BunstatedOpen+27%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 8.4 GBcF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+27%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+27%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+27%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+27%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.4 GBcF2LLM v2 1.7BunstatedOpen+25%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 1 GBcF2LLM v2 0.6BunstatedOpen+24%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 0.4 GBcF2LLM v2 330MunstatedOpen+22%——Run it yourself
estimateFits 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
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How much does PIXIE Rune v1.0 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is PIXIE Rune v1.0 free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is PIXIE Rune v1.0, and what is it best at?›
#27 of 212 in Embeddings.
Is PIXIE Rune v1.0 better than Multilingual E5 Large Instruct?›
On MTEB Thai v1 · Classification · Thai, PIXIE Rune v1.0 scores 65.3 vs 66.3 — about the same.
When was PIXIE Rune v1.0 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-01-15. It is the current version in its line.
Is PIXIE Rune v1.0 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run PIXIE Rune v1.0 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is PIXIE Rune v1.0?›
PIXIE Rune v1.0 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from telepix, released Jan 2026.
What are the best alternatives to PIXIE Rune v1.0?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B (better), F2LLM v2 8B (open weights).