SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1 measured on 4 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks4
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self-host onlyprice
87.3MIEB lite
Dec 2025released
262K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +3Languages
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21ColNanoVDR Q Ettin150M ColVec4B 640 ML82.522SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.18223Colnomic Embed Multimodal 7B81.3Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DBetterArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+5%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2vBetterVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+4%——Memory (4-bit): 2.7 GB → 5 GBOBetterOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+4%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2
BetterNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+3%——Languages: not verified+1vBetterVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+3%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+5%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+4%——Memory (4-bit): 2.7 GB → 5 GBOOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+4%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+3%——Languages: not verified+1vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+3%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+5%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+4%——Memory (4-bit): 2.7 GB → 5 GBOOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+4%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+2Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+3%——Languages: not verified+1vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+3%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
VSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 8B v0.1Opensame——Memory (4-bit): 2.7 GB → 4.9 GBVSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 2B v0.1Opensame——VSauerkrautLM ColQwen3 1.7B Turbo v0.1Open-5%——VSauerkrautLM ColLFM2 450M v0.1Open-9%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokensVSauerkrautLM ColMinistral3 3B v0.1Open-12%——All VAGOsolutions models →Run it yourself
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LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1 cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B 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 4B v0.1, and what is it best at?›
#16 of 89 in Multimodal. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.
Is SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1 better than ColNanoVDR Q Ettin150M ColVec4B 640 ML?›
On ViDoRe v1&v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages), SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1 scores 82 vs 82.5 — about the same.
When was SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-12-20. It is the current version in its line.
Is SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1?›
SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from VAGOsolutions, released Dec 2025.
What are the best alternatives to SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 4B v0.1?›
Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (better).