Snowflake Arctic Embed L

Apr 2024
Snowflake Arctic Embed L
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59MTEB English v2
Apr 2024released
1,024Dimensions
1K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Harrier OSS v1 27B79.92KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251177.93Seed1.6 Embedding 121576.74Qwen 3 Embedding 8B745Harrier OSS v1 0.6B73.9
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117Gte Base47.2118Snowflake Arctic Embed L47.1119Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.547

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Embeddings & Retrieval#31 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+29%—$0.002OpenKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511+65%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 7.1 GBiBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+5%—$0.005BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+57%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 4.5 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+42%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.4 GB

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
46485052545658Jul 24Oct 24Release dateMTEB multilingual · Classificationv2.0
46485052545658Jul 24Oct 24Release dateMTEB multilingual · Classificationv2.0

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English56#36
BEIR · Mean over task types · English56#36
BEIR · Retrieval · English56#36
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian24.8#121
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese14.1#123
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese54.9#132
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English42.5#58
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English42.5#58
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English42.5#58
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German41.2#56
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German40.8#54
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German48.3#113
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German48.9#140
MTEB German v1 · STS · German49.4#92
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German24.6#89
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German41.3#48
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German32.4#64
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)49.1#101
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.5#104
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)10.8#123
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)80#129
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)35.2#111
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)44.1#68
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)52.3#86
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)34.7#129
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)50.9#41
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)52#43
MTEB French v1 · STS · French66.6#79
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)43.7#51
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French52#93
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French44.3#32
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French74.3#53
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French56#126
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French26.9#155
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)33.3#87
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)23#96
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)44.6#82
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)2.5#139
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)11#99
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)37.4#165
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)11.4#121
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi50.6#175
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.4#141
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean22.7#99
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean13.6#91
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch40.7#80
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch47.3#86
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch41.6#66
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch47.3#88
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch31#78
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch51.7#123
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch20.6#97
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch80.1#117
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch58.8#116
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over tasks · Polish46.7#65
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over task types · Polish46.8#66
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish41.4#100
MTEB Polish v1 · Clustering · Polish25.8#76
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish53.9#90
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish66.1#90
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese23.2#18
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)41.5#78
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)41.5#78
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)41.5#78
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)42.3#53
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)31.6#86
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)47.2#53
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English34.7#133
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese12.7#175
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-1.5#104
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-1.5#104
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-1.5#104
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish42.5#60
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish56#150
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish48.3#55
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai50.7#182
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.8#138
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)44.6#73
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)45.3#83
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)48.8#96
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)45.2#66
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)30.9#122
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)56.2#162
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian28.1#131
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian15.5#129
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian22.7#108
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian24.3#158
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian28.9#128
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian47.8#156
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)33.9#85
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German21#128
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)35#107
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)39.1#109
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)47.1#118
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)39.7#98
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16#117
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)22.6#141
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.5#104
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)44.3#118
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.6#133

FAQ

How much does Snowflake Arctic Embed L cost?›

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

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

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed L better than Gte Base?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages), Snowflake Arctic Embed L scores 47.1 vs 47.2 — about the same.

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

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed L open source?›

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

Can I run Snowflake Arctic Embed L locally?›

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

What is Snowflake Arctic Embed L?›

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

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

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 (open weights).