Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long

Apr 2024
Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long
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57MTEB English v2
Apr 2024released
8K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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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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46UltraBERT Embed 150M57.247Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long5748BOOM 4B v157

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Embeddings & Retrieval#44 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+22%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBIOpenYuan Embedding 2.0 Enunstated+24%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.4 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+8%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.4 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+20%—$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2.4 GBBetterJina Embeddings v5 Text SmallunstatedOpen+5%—$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

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English54.8#48
BEIR · Mean over task types · English54.8#48
BEIR · Retrieval · English54.8#48
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese20.6#89
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese55.5#122
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English45.7#51
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English45.7#51
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English45.7#51
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German48.7#103
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)42.4#64
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)33.1#133
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)48.1#105
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)35#114
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.9#122
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)80.5#109
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)48.5#126
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)12.4#100
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French54.5#154
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)14#98
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)3#120
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)46.6#139
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi52.6#151
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)10#103
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.3#144
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch75.9#149
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese19.6#96
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)37.5#105
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)37.5#105
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)37.5#105
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)38.4#75
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)30#92
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)42.1#72
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English33.6#151
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese14.4#166
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-1.9#122
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-1.9#122
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-1.9#122
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish55.5#156
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.3#166
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai50.9#177
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)31.4#113
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)48.1#112
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)58.2#150
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian46.3#175
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)29#94
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German9.1#183
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)29.4#150
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.7#126
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)39.3#99
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)22.8#137
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.9#122
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16.3#108
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)41.7#130

FAQ

How much does Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long cost?›

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long free to use?›

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

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

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long better than UltraBERT Embed 150M?›

On MTEB English v2 · Retrieval · English, Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long scores 57 vs 57.2 — about the same.

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

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long open source?›

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

Can I run Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long locally?›

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

What is Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long?›

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

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

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