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Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4

Apr 2024
mSentence Croissant Alpha v0.4
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43.2MTEB English v2
Apr 2024released
2,048Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
en, frLanguages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1FollowIR 7B12.22Qwen 3 Embedding 4B11.63Llama Embed Nemotron 8B10.84Qwen 3 Embedding 8B10.15Octen Embedding 8B8.9
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60Seed1.6 Embedding 1215-061Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4-0.162Speed Embedding 7B Instruct-0.1

Strong at

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Embeddings & Retrieval#135 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+5.7—$0.002Languages: not verifiedOpenQwen 3 Embedding 4Bunstated+11.6—$0.02Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+10.1—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+5.2—$0.01Languages: not verifiedBetterText Multilingual Embedding 002unstated+4.2—$0.025Languages: not verified

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

History

3 versions
0000.10.10.1Apr 24Release dateFollowIR · Instruction Rerankingv0.2v0.3v0.4
0000.10.10.1Apr 24Release dateFollowIR · Instruction Rerankingv0.2v0.3v0.4

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian39.6#78
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese27.7#74
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese62.3#99
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English37.2#92
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English37.2#92
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English37.2#92
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German43.6#39
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German43.3#37
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German29.2#50
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German25.6#85
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German58.6#63
MTEB German v1 · STS · German57#57
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German53.4#39
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German35.8#59
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)49.7#33
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)44.7#31
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)43.8#57
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)63.1#60
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)58.5#96
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)50.9#76
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)36.7#88
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-0.1#61
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)82.8#92
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)51.7#89
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)14.9#62
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)44.3#45
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French76.4#38
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French67.1#31
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.2#71
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French66.6#21
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)36.2#65
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)25.9#65
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)47.3#63
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)20.6#79
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)2.7#124
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)49.7#125
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi57.6#104
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)-0.8#170
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)4.2#113
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean44.6#54
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean17.9#74
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean25.3#69
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch78.3#131
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish66.7#79
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish48.4#61
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish57.2#65
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese13.7#193
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)43.9#62
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)43.9#62
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)43.9#62
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)39.1#69
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)33.8#67
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)41.8#74
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English33.1#164
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese26.4#111
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-0.1#61
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-0.1#61
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-0.1#61
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish62.4#75
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)71.8#38
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish44.4#63
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai5#115
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai52.9#110
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)35.3#75
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)49.7#79
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)49.1#189
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian52.2#78
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian62.2#68
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian47.7#63
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian46.6#77
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian52.3#115
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian28.3#84
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)29.7#91
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German31#97
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)35.4#96
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)39.8#103
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)57.7#84
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)72.5#106
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)38.3#108
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)30.3#99
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-0.1#61
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16.1#116
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)51.4#82

FAQ

How much does Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4 cost?›

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

Is Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4 free to use?›

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

How good is Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4, and what is it best at?›

#135 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4 better than Seed1.6 Embedding 1215?›

On FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English, Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4 scores -0.1 vs -0 — about the same.

When was Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-04-27. It is the current version in its line.

Is Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4 locally?›

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

What is Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4?›

Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from manu, released Apr 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.4?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Qwen 3 Embedding 4B (open weights).