Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B
Jan 2026
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8BCompare inon
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B measured on 15 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks15
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Retrieval1Leads on 1
Other14Leads on 1
No benchmark matches
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperNemotron 3.5 Embed 8B BF16Open+4%-61%$0.035Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GB
OpenEVIE 8B+15%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GBCheaperNemotron 3.5 Embed 1B BF16Opensame-83%$0.015BetterEVIE 4.5BOpen+14%——wBetterWebAI ColVec1.1 8BOpen+12%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3.5 Embed 8B BF16Open+4%-61%$0.035Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GBNemotron 3.5 Embed 1B BF16Opensame-83%$0.015ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3.5 Embed 8B BF16Open+4%-61%$0.035Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GBEVIE 8BOpen+15%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GBEVIE 4.5BOpen+14%——wWebAI ColVec1.1 8BOpen+12%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GB
pplx Embed v2 Late 9BOpen+12%——Max input: 33K tokens → 4K tokens+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
EVIE 8BOpen+15%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GBEVIE 4.5BOpen+14%——wWebAI ColVec1.1 8BOpen+12%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GBpplx Embed v2 Late 9BOpen+12%——Max input: 33K tokens → 4K tokens+1vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+11%——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2BOpen-9%——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 GBQwen 2.5 Omni 3BOpenn/a——Qwen 2.5 Omni 7BOpenn/a——Memory (4-bit): 4.9 GB → 6.4 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?›
#21 of 50 in Multimodal.
Is Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B better than Llama Nemotron Colembed VL 3B v2?›
On ViDoRe v3 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages), Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B scores 57.8 vs 59.8 — lower.
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?›
Nemotron 3.5 Embed 8B BF16 (cheaper), EVIE 8B (open weights).