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SearchMap Preview

Mar 2025
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52.2MTEB English v2
Mar 2025released
1,024 (or 512, 768)Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
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Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1SearchMap Preview61.62Text Embedding 3 Large59.93Cohere Embed English v355.74F2LLM v2 8B54.55Cohere Embed Multilingual v353.1

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Embeddings & Retrieval#87 of 200

Run it yourself

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Fits 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
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
ChemTEB · Clustering · English61.6#1
ChemTEB · Classification · English85.3#7
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.2#24
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English0.5#51
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)4.7#129
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English38.2#62
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English0.5#51
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English0.5#51
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English0.5#51
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English0.5#51

FAQ

How much does SearchMap Preview cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.

Is SearchMap Preview free to use?›

There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is SearchMap Preview, and what is it best at?›

#87 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is SearchMap Preview better than Text Embedding 3 Large?›

On ChemTEB · Clustering · English, SearchMap Preview scores 61.6 vs 59.9 — higher.

When was SearchMap Preview released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-03-05. It is the current version in its line.

Is SearchMap Preview open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run SearchMap Preview locally?›

The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.

What is SearchMap Preview?›

SearchMap Preview is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from VPLabs, released Mar 2025.

What are the best alternatives to SearchMap Preview?›

F2LLM v2 8B (open weights).