SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1 measured on 4 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks4
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84.5MIEB lite
Dec 2025released
262K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +3Languages
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28Colqwen2 v1.085.729SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.184.530VultronRetrieverFlash Qwen3.5 0.8B83.7Strong at
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterJina Embeddings v4unstatedOpen+3%—$0.05Max input: 262K tokens → 128K tokens+2DOpenArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstated+6%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2
BetterNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+6%——Languages: not verified+1DBetterArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+6%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2vBetterVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+5%——Memory (4-bit): 1.1 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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Jina Embeddings v4unstatedOpen+3%—$0.05Max input: 262K tokens → 128K tokens+2DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+6%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+6%——Languages: not verified+1DArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+6%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+5%——Memory (4-bit): 1.1 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+6%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+6%——Languages: not verified+1DArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+6%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+5%——Memory (4-bit): 1.1 GB → 5 GBvVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+5%——Memory (4-bit): 1.1 GB → 2.7 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
VSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 8B v0.1Open+3%——Memory (4-bit): 1.1 GB → 4.9 GBVSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1Open+3%——Memory (4-bit): 1.1 GB → 2.7 GBVSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 2B v0.1Open+2%——Memory (4-bit): 1.1 GB → 1.3 GBVSauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1Open-7%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokensVSauerkrautLM ColMinistral3 3B v0.1Open-12%——Memory (4-bit): 1.1 GB → 2.6 GBAll VAGOsolutions models →Run it yourself
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LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1 free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1, and what is it best at?›
#29 of 89 in Multimodal.
Is SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1 better than Colqwen2 v1.0?›
On MIEB lite · Document Understanding · English, SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1 scores 84.5 vs 85.7 — lower.
When was SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-12-20. It is the current version in its line.
Is SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1?›
SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from VAGOsolutions, released Dec 2025.
What are the best alternatives to SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1?›
Jina Embeddings v4 (better), Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (open weights).