Potion Code 16M v2 measured on 6 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks6
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self-host onlyprice
39.1CoIR
Jul 2026released
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+64%—$0.002Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GBcOpenC2LLM 7B+93%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.6 GB
Betterpplx Embed v1 0.6BOpen+81%—$0.004Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.4 GB
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+93%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+80%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
EmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+64%—$0.002Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GBpplx Embed v1 0.6BOpen+81%—$0.004Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.4 GBQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+93%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GBQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+80%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.4 GBQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+91%—$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 2.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
cC2LLM 7BOpen+93%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.6 GBQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+93%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+91%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+91%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 2.4 GBQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+91%—$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 2.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
mPotion Multilingual 128MunstatedOpen-29%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBmPotion Retrieval 32MunstatedOpenn/a——mPotion Base 32MunstatedOpenn/a——mPotion Base 2MunstatedOpenn/a——mPotion Base 4MunstatedOpenn/a——mPotion Base 8MunstatedOpenn/a——mM2V Base GloveunstatedOpenn/a——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBmM2V Base Glove SubwordunstatedOpenn/a——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBAll minishlab models →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
LicenceMITfree for commercial use
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How much does Potion Code 16M v2 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Potion Code 16M v2 free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Potion Code 16M v2, and what is it best at?›
#58 of 62 in Embeddings.
Is Potion Code 16M v2 better than English Code Retriever?›
On MTEB Code v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (15 languages), Potion Code 16M v2 scores 41.9 vs 47.5 — lower.
When was Potion Code 16M v2 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-07-08. It is the current version in its line.
Is Potion Code 16M v2 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
Can I run Potion Code 16M v2 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Potion Code 16M v2?›
Potion Code 16M v2 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from minishlab, released Jul 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Potion Code 16M v2?›
EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), C2LLM 7B (open weights).