Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0

Dec 2024
Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0
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58.6MTEB English v2
Dec 2024released
1,024Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
en, es, Estonian +68Languages

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1Harrier OSS v1 27B38.12Giga Embeddings Instruct 3B 082634.23Giga Embeddings Instruct 10B A1.8B 0826344KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251131.65EmbeddingGemma 230.9
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27Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B22.628Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.022.529Snowflake Arctic Embed S22.4

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Embeddings & Retrieval#34 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterGemini Embedding 001unstated+24%—$0.15Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokensaOpenGiga Embeddings Instruct 3B 0826unstated+52%——Languages: loses es, Estonian, fr +66+1BetterHarrier OSS v1 27BOpen+69%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 16 GBaBetterGiga Embeddings Instruct 10B A1.8B 0826unstatedOpen+51%——Languages: loses es, Estonian, fr +66+1BetterKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511Open+40%——Languages: not verified+1

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
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use

History

2 versions
22.422.622.82323.2Jul 24Oct 24Release dateMTEB Portuguese · Multilabel Classificationv2.0
22.422.622.82323.2Jul 24Oct 24Release dateMTEB Portuguese · Multilabel Classificationv2.0

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English55.2#44
BEIR · Mean over task types · English55.2#44
BEIR · Retrieval · English55.2#44
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian74#4
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese43.4#64
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese79.7#52
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English63.7#31
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English63.7#31
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English63.7#31
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German55.7#18
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German55.7#16
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German66.3#40
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German54.9#29
MTEB German v1 · STS · German68.7#36
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German32.8#37
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German57.1#9
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German54.3#8
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)58.4#21
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)51.5#21
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)57.4#37
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.5#147
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)11.6#112
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)70.1#45
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)85.9#59
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)39.6#65
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)57.5#25
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)58.2#49
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)85.9#50
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)59.4#17
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)60.2#15
MTEB French v1 · STS · French78#27
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)60.8#16
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French67#35
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French41.2#57
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French82.9#22
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French61.1#58
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.7#51
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)65.9#19
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)63.4#24
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)65.8#19
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)66.2#33
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)47.2#36
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)86.8#24
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)83.8#13
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi62.7#85
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)31.3#68
MTEB Korean v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)67.2#17
MTEB Korean v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)62.8#19
MTEB Korean v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)74#19
MTEB Korean v2 · Clustering · Korean52.8#33
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean77.1#41
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean58.4#31
MTEB Korean v2 · Pair Classification · Korean57.6#33
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean57#25
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch55.2#32
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch60.8#34
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch62.7#18
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch59.8#41
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch36.1#33
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch72.9#56
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch30.7#51
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch89.1#43
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch74.2#52
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over tasks · Polish61.3#28
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over task types · Polish61#26
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish57.6#45
MTEB Polish v1 · Clustering · Polish38.7#32
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish67.3#31
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish80.2#56
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Reranking · Portuguese86.2#3
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Classification · Portuguese59.4#23
MTEB Portuguese v1 · STS · Portuguese74.1#30
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese22.5#28
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)59#25
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)59#25
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)59#25
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)59.4#25
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)55.9#31
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)63.9#22
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English33.8#148
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese70.1#80
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.5#147
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.5#147
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.5#147
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)76#31
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish46.2#30
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish61.7#87
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish63.9#6
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish85.4#30
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai64.7#83
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai36.8#92
MTEB Thai v1 · Reranking · Thai86#1
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)56.6#36
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)57.4#36
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)58.9#49
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)65.4#32
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)37.9#65
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)67.3#68
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian59.7#29
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian58.6#27
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian58.4#54
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian53.9#50
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian68.5#20
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian33.4#58
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian68.7#57
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian73.8#11
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian53.8#97
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English62.2#43
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)53#31
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German65.5#30
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)57.7#37
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)47.1#61
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)57#43
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)50#45
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)42.8#61
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)70.1#52
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)57.4#53
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)58.4#51
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)18.9#71
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)64.1#60
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.5#147
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)63.7#37
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)76.7#69

FAQ

How much does Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0 cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: API price not public.

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0 free to use?›

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

How good is Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0, and what is it best at?›

#34 of 200 in Embeddings. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0 better than Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B?›

On MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese, Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0 scores 22.5 vs 22.6 — about the same.

When was Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-12-04. It is the current version in its line.

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).

Can I run Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0 locally?›

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

What is Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0?›

Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Snowflake, released Dec 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0?›

Gemini Embedding 001 (better), Giga Embeddings Instruct 3B 0826 (open weights).