Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B

Jun 2025
Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B
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$0.01per 1M tokens
61.8MTEB English v2
Jun 2025released
1,024Dimensions
33K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1F2LLM v2 14B79.92Qwen 3 Embedding 8B79.93C2LLM 7B79.64F2LLM v2 8B79.65F2LLM v2 4B79.6
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17Giga Embeddings Instruct 3B 082675.918Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B7519Splade Code 06B74.8

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Embeddings & Retrieval#15 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Cheaperpplx Embed v1 0.6BOpensame-60%$0.004BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+7%same$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 4.5 GBCheaperEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen-10%-80%$0.002Max input: 33K tokens → 2K tokensBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+6%+100%$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GBBetterpplx Embed v1 4BOpen+3%+200%$0.03Memory (4-bit): 0.4 GB → 2.4 GB

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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
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English55.5#37
BEIR · Mean over task types · English55.5#37
BEIR · Retrieval · English55.5#37
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Mean over tasks · Mandarin Chinese66.4#20
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Mean over task types · Mandarin Chinese67.5#18
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Retrieval · Mandarin Chinese71#42
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · STS · Mandarin Chinese54.5#33
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese62.6#50
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Clustering · Mandarin Chinese68.7#16
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Pair Classification · Mandarin Chinese76.4#30
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Classification · Mandarin Chinese71.5#24
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)86.8#46
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)45.3#40
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English5.1#13
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)59.6#39
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)20.4#22
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French67.5#14
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)82.5#65
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi77.2#30
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)39#53
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)39.4#37
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch54.3#37
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch58.8#45
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch61.5#32
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch38.9#28
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch55#47
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch58.9#92
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch36#35
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch75.2#49
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch86.5#76
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Mean over tasks · Portuguese71.6#3
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Mean over task types · Portuguese65.8#2
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Classification · Portuguese61.1#6
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Retrieval · Portuguese78.8#1
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese22.6#27
MTEB Portuguese v1 · STS · Portuguese80.7#8
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Reranking · Portuguese85.7#2
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English41.3#48
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese81.4#45
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English5.1#13
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English5.1#13
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English5.1#13
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish75.3#12
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)63.5#11
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)64.2#9
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai52.4#39
MTEB Thai v1 · Classification · Thai67.9#12
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai81.1#16
MTEB Thai v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)61.8#15
MTEB Thai v1 · Reranking · Thai57.8#13
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)61#16
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)62#12
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)48.1#13
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)64.6#20
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)61.8#34
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)73.5#26
CoIR · Mean over tasks · multilingual (9 languages)75#18
CoIR · Mean over task types · multilingual (9 languages)75#18
CoIR · Retrieval · multilingual (9 languages)75#18
CoREB v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)54.1#17
CoREB v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)54.1#17
CoREB v1 · Reranking · multilingual (6 languages)52#17
CoREB v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (6 languages)56.2#17
MTEB Code v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (15 languages)75.4#21
MTEB Code v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (15 languages)75.4#21
MTEB Code v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (15 languages)75.4#21
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian64.3#17
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian61.9#18
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian67.2#24
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian74.2#17
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian63#43
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian60.5#23
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian60.7#34
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian67.6#21
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian40.1#26
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)64.3#19
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)56#20
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)66.8#20
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)52.3#27
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)76.2#17
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)80.8#29
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)64.6#23
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)72.2#26
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English5.1#13
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)24.6#31
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)61.4#58

FAQ

How much does Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B cost?›

$0.01 per 1M tokens.

Is Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.01 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B, and what is it best at?›

#15 of 200 in Embeddings. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.

Is Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B better than Giga Embeddings Instruct 3B 0826?›

On CoIR · Retrieval · multilingual (9 languages), Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B scores 75 vs 75.9 — about the same.

How can I use Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B?›

Through the Alibaba (Qwen) API.

When was Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-06-05. It is the current version in its line.

Is Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B open source?›

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

Can I run Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B locally?›

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

What is Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Jun 2025.

What are the best alternatives to Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B?›

pplx Embed v1 0.6B (cheaper), Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better).