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
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Retrieval1
Other14Leads on 2
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price not verifiedprice
52.6ViDoRe v3
Jan 2026released
2,048 (or 64)Dimensions
33K tokensMax input
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
zOpenUME R1 7B-4%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5 GBzOpenUME R1 2B-9%——LOpenLCO Embedding Omni 7Bunstated-10%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5.4 GBOpenQwen 3 VL Embedding 8B-10%—$0.09Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 4.9 GBLOpenLCO Embedding Omni 3Bunstated-11%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 2.8 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
zUME R1 7BOpen-4%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5 GBzUME R1 2BOpen-9%——LLCO Embedding Omni 7BunstatedOpen-10%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5.4 GBQwen 3 VL Embedding 8BOpen-10%—$0.09Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 4.9 GBLLCO Embedding Omni 3BunstatedOpen-11%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 2.8 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8BOpen-10%—$0.09Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 4.9 GBQwen 2.5 Omni 3BOpen-77%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 3.3 GBQwen 2.5 Omni 7BOpen-79%——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 UME R1 7B?›
On MVEB v1 · Video Centric QA · English, Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B scores 63.4 vs 60.8 — 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?›
UME R1 7B (open weights).