Snowflake Arctic Embed M

Apr 2024
Snowflake Arctic Embed M
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57.5MTEB English v2
Apr 2024released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input

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1Yuan Embedding 2.0 En70.72Ingot 8B R3703Qwen 3 Embedding 8B69.44Geevec Embeddings 1.068.85Qwen 3 Embedding 4B68.5
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44E5 Mistral 7B Instruct57.645Snowflake Arctic Embed M57.546UltraBERT Embed 150M57.2

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Embeddings & Retrieval#42 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+21%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBIOpenYuan Embedding 2.0 Enunstated+23%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.4 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+7%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.4 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+19%—$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2.4 GBBetterJina Embeddings v5 Text SmallunstatedOpen+4%—$0.05Memory (4-bit): 0.1 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

3 versions
57.457.657.85858.258.4Jul 24Oct 24Release dateMTEB English · Retrievalv1.5v2.0
57.457.657.85858.258.4Jul 24Oct 24Release dateMTEB English · Retrievalv1.5v2.0

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English54.9#47
BEIR · Mean over task types · English54.9#47
BEIR · Retrieval · English54.9#47
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian26.7#116
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese13.7#122
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese53.1#133
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English40.1#75
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English40.1#75
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English40.1#75
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German37.3#70
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German36.8#68
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German22.9#99
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German36.3#62
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German43.7#140
MTEB German v1 · STS · German43.2#107
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49#129
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German26#80
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)43.1#62
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)31.8#141
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)49#100
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)33.8#123
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.3#137
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)80.1#112
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)50.8#103
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)10.4#125
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)46.5#66
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)48.4#66
MTEB French v1 · STS · French63.4#86
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)38.5#66
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French67.9#72
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French39.3#70
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French48.1#109
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French26.3#149
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French55.3#139
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)33.6#78
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)23.9#82
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)44.6#77
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)12.7#110
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)2.2#142
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)41.7#152
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi51.7#163
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)11.1#96
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.2#151
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean14.4#79
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean20.9#116
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch38.4#91
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch45.6#94
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch45.5#99
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch18.5#103
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch38.2#77
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch52.2#122
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch29.6#92
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch55.8#132
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch79.6#119
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish61.7#119
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish40.5#104
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish51.3#96
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese19.5#97
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)39.8#88
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)39.8#88
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)39.8#88
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)40.8#59
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)31.3#86
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)45.2#53
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English34.7#135
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese14#168
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.3#137
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.3#137
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.3#137
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish55.7#153
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish40.4#82
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish42.5#68
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai4.1#130
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai50.8#180
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)30.8#117
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)47.6#124
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)59#145
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian24.4#84
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian24.8#85
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian29.4#115
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian33.8#118
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian18.9#124
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian18#109
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian46.3#176
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian2.9#83
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian24.2#157
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)28.6#95
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German15.4#148
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)33.3#115
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)46.9#120
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)38.4#111
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)70.9#154
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)39.3#98
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)22#142
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.3#137
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)14.9#142
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)42.8#126

FAQ

How much does Snowflake Arctic Embed M cost?›

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

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

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed M better than E5 Mistral 7B Instruct?›

On MTEB English v2 · Retrieval · English, Snowflake Arctic Embed M scores 57.5 vs 57.6 — about the same.

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

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed M open source?›

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

Can I run Snowflake Arctic Embed M locally?›

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

What is Snowflake Arctic Embed M?›

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

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

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Yuan Embedding 2.0 En (open weights).