Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B
Jan 2026
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8BCompare inon
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B measured on 15 of 195 Multimodal benchmarks15
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Retrieval1Leads on 1
Other14Leads on 1
No benchmark matches
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperJina Embeddings v5 Omni SmallunstatedOpensame-44%$0.05LBetterLCO Embedding Omni 3BunstatedOpen+20%——CheaperJina Embeddings v5 Omni NanounstatedOpen-9%-78%$0.02Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokensLBetterLCO Embedding Omni 7BunstatedOpen+13%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5.4 GBVOpenVLM2Vec v2.0+6%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Jina Embeddings v5 Omni SmallunstatedOpensame-44%$0.05Jina Embeddings v5 Omni NanounstatedOpen-9%-78%$0.02Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
LLCO Embedding Omni 3BunstatedOpen+20%——LLCO Embedding Omni 7BunstatedOpen+13%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
LLCO Embedding Omni 3BunstatedOpen+20%——LLCO Embedding Omni 7BunstatedOpen+13%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5.4 GBVVLM2Vec v2.0Open+6%——HE5 Omni 3BunstatedOpensame——BBidirLM Omni 2.5B EmbeddingunstatedOpensame——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2BOpensame——Qwen 2.5 Omni 7BOpen-8%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 6.4 GBQwen 2.5 Omni 3BOpen-11%——Tongyi Embedding Vision Flashn/a—$0.09Max input: not verifiedTongyi Embedding Vision Plusn/a—$0.09Max input: not verifiedGVE 7BOpenn/a——Qwen 3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingOpenn/a——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 19 GBGme Qwen2 VL 2B InstructunstatedOpenn/a——All Alibaba (Qwen) models →Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · compressed✓ 16 GB · 8-bit✓ 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-V2lab77.8
FAQ
How much does Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B cost?›
$0.09 per 1M tokens.
Is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.09 per 1M tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B, and what is it best at?›
#23 of 52 in Multimodal.
Is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B better than E5 Omni 3B?›
On MVEB text video v1 · Video Centric QA · English, Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B scores 27.3 vs 28.3 — about the same.
When was Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-01-08. It is the current version in its line.
Is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B?›
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Jan 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B?›
Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Small (cheaper), LCO Embedding Omni 3B (better).