Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5

Jul 2024
Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5
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58.1MTEB English v2
Jul 2024released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

Full ranking →
1Ja Embed Sts85.62F2LLM v2 8B85.43F2LLM v2 14B85.14Harrier OSS v1 0.6B84.85F2LLM v2 4B84.7
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134Mmlw E5 Large52.5135Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.550.1136Mmlw E5 Base49

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Embeddings & Retrieval#38 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+69%—$0.002Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.2 GBNOpenJa Embed Sts+71%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.2 GBsBetterAll Mpnet Base v2unstatedOpen+34%—$0.005Max input: 1K tokens → 0K tokenssBetterAll MiniLM L6 v2unstatedOpen+34%—$0.005Max input: 1K tokens → 0K tokenssBetterAll MiniLM L12 v2unstatedOpen+33%—$0.005Max input: 1K tokens → 0K tokens

Run it yourself

estimate
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
50607080Jul 24Oct 24Release dateJMTEB v2 · STSv1.5v2.0
50607080Jul 24Oct 24Release dateJMTEB v2 · STSv1.5v2.0

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 · Persian27.2#115
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese11.3#137
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese50.1#135
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English40.5#68
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English40.5#68
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English40.5#68
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German35.5#80
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German34.4#76
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German22#103
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German35.7#65
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German42.2#143
MTEB German v1 · STS · German35.2#121
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49.1#122
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German22.4#93
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)44.1#49
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)38.5#49
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)41#73
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)58.2#70
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)29#146
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)48.8#102
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)33#130
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.4#181
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)79.9#116
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)50.1#111
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)9.6#130
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)47.2#65
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)49#64
MTEB French v1 · STS · French61.7#90
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)37.7#68
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French68.4#70
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French41.2#55
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French49.4#105
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.1#85
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French54.4#156
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)34.1#74
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)25.3#70
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)44.3#79
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)15.1#95
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)2.2#144
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)48.2#133
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi53.7#128
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)10.5#101
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)2.8#169
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean33.3#72
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean9.3#112
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean23#80
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch37.2#95
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch43.9#103
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch44.3#107
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch18.8#100
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch36.6#85
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch45.5#130
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch29.3#96
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch55.1#133
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch78#134
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish59.4#137
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish39.1#117
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish49#105
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese24.2#14
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)39.8#87
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)39.8#87
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)39.8#87
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English34.2#142
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese15.4#161
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-3.4#181
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-3.4#181
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-3.4#181
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)46.3#28
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)48.4#27
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish54.7#161
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)57.2#65
MTEB Spanish v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)28.1#27
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish40#85
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish39.4#74
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish71.1#28
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai4.1#128
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51#168
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)28.7#124
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)47.4#126
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)53.9#173
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian22.4#94
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian23.4#91
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian27.1#131
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian27.7#129
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian18.4#125
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian15.2#129
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian48.1#151
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian3.2#81
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian24.3#154
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)28#98
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German12.6#165
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)32.8#120
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)42#76
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)35.6#77
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)47#118
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)37.5#124
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)51.5#100
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)70.5#159
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)38.7#102
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)20.1#150
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.4#181
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)15.8#122
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)42.4#129

FAQ

How much does Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5 cost?›

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5 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 v1.5, and what is it best at?›

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5 better than Mmlw E5 Large?›

On JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese, Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5 scores 50.1 vs 52.5 — lower.

When was Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-07-08. It is the current version in its line.

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5 open source?›

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

Can I run Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5 locally?›

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

What is Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5?›

Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Snowflake, released Jul 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Ja Embed Sts (open weights).