PIXIE Rune v1.5 measured on 13 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks13
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39.5MTEB Thai v1
Apr 2026released
1,024Dimensions
6K tokensMax input
en, es, Estonian +68Languages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+62%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1cOpenF2LLM v2 8Bunstated×2.6——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+50%—$0.01Max input: 6K tokens → 1K tokensBetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+15%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+45%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+62%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+50%—$0.01Max input: 6K tokens → 1K tokensQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+15%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+45%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1
Jina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+30%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen×2.6——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 1.7BunstatedOpen×2.6——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 1 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen×2.5——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.4 GBLFlowVec v1Open×2.5——Max input: 6K tokens → 1K tokens+2cF2LLM v2 0.6BunstatedOpen×2.4——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 0.4 GBRun 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 v1.5 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is PIXIE Rune v1.5 free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is PIXIE Rune v1.5, and what is it best at?›
#73 of 191 in Embeddings.
Is PIXIE Rune v1.5 better than Bilingual Embedding Base?›
On MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages), PIXIE Rune v1.5 scores 34.4 vs 34.5 — about the same.
When was PIXIE Rune v1.5 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-04-22. It is the current version in its line.
Is PIXIE Rune v1.5 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run PIXIE Rune v1.5 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is PIXIE Rune v1.5?›
PIXIE Rune v1.5 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from telepix, released Apr 2026.
What are the best alternatives to PIXIE Rune v1.5?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), F2LLM v2 8B (open weights).