Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B
Jan 2026
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2BCompare inon
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B measured on 15 of 195 Multimodal benchmarks15
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Retrieval1
Other14Leads on 2
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52.6ViDoRe v3
Jan 2026released
2,048 (or 64)Dimensions
33K tokensMax input
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
OpenQwen 3 VL Embedding 8B-11%—$0.09Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 4.9 GBBOpenBidirLM Omni 2.5B Embeddingunstated-13%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 1.5 GBLOpenLCO Embedding Omni 7Bunstated-16%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5.4 GBLOpenLCO Embedding Omni 3Bunstated-29%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 2.8 GBEOpenFusion Embedding 1 2B Preview-40%——Max input: 33K tokens → 1K tokens+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8BOpen-11%—$0.09Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 4.9 GBBBidirLM Omni 2.5B EmbeddingunstatedOpen-13%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 1.5 GBLLCO Embedding Omni 7BunstatedOpen-16%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5.4 GBLLCO Embedding Omni 3BunstatedOpen-29%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 2.8 GBEFusion Embedding 1 2B PreviewOpen-40%——Max input: 33K tokens → 1K tokens+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8BOpen-11%—$0.09Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 4.9 GBQwen 2.5 Omni 3BOpen-68%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 3.3 GBQwen 2.5 Omni 7BOpen-70%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 6.4 GBTongyi Embedding Vision Flashn/a—$0.09Max input: not verifiedTongyi Embedding Vision Plusn/a—$0.09Max input: not verifiedGVE 7BOpenn/a——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 4.9 GBQwen 3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingOpenn/a——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 19 GBGme Qwen2 VL 2B InstructunstatedOpenn/a——All Alibaba (Qwen) 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
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
Benchmarks
in Embeddings & RetrievalMMEB-V2lab73.3
FAQ
How much does Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.
How good is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B, and what is it best at?›
#30 of 52 in Multimodal.
Is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B better than Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B?›
On MVEB text video v1 · Video Clustering · English, Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B scores 24.9 vs 22.2 — higher.
When was Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-01-08. It is the current version in its line.
Is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B?›
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Jan 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B?›
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B (open weights).