Snowflake Arctic Embed M v2.0

Dec 2024
Snowflake Arctic Embed M v2.0
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58.4MTEB English v2
Dec 2024released
768Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
en, es, Estonian +68Languages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Voyage 3 M Exp68.12Conan Embedding v266.43NV Embed v263.24Qwen 3 Embedding 8B62.85Bge En Icl62.2
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37Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B55.538Snowflake Arctic Embed M v2.055.539Text Embedding 00455.5

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Embeddings & Retrieval#36 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1OpenNV Embed v2unstated+14%——Languages: loses es, Estonian, fr +67+1BetterBge En IclunstatedOpen+12%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+11%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1BetterBge Multilingual Gemma2unstatedOpen+7%—$0.11Languages: 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

3 versions
54.85555.255.4Jul 24Oct 24Release dateBEIR (task avg)v1.5v2.0
54.85555.255.4Jul 24Oct 24Release dateBEIR (task avg)v1.5v2.0

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English55.5#38
BEIR · Mean over task types · English55.5#38
BEIR · Retrieval · English55.5#38
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian70.9#18
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese43.9#56
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese76.7#61
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English55.4#41
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English55.4#41
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English55.4#41
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German31.6#39
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German55.2#12
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German64.9#44
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German51.9#59
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German53#15
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)54.5#27
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)76.3#88
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)54.1#46
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)38.9#68
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.3#175
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)84.5#61
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)57.8#54
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)11.6#111
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French65.2#37
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French58.5#88
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)59.4#35
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)54.2#40
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)63#25
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)75#39
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)41.7#50
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)84.7#43
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi61.2#93
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)30.8#68
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)22.7#85
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean53.3#37
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean46.8#54
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch50.3#55
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch56.2#62
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch55.1#63
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch26#69
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch57.1#38
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch66.3#70
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch34.4#48
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch66.7#67
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch87.7#62
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish78.3#56
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish54.3#50
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese22.1#36
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)56.6#28
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)56.6#28
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)56.6#28
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)57.3#27
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)52.4#37
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)62.1#24
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English33.5#154
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese61.5#89
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-3.3#175
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-3.3#175
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-3.3#175
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish59.9#104
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish62.3#9
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai35.5#94
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai61.7#93
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)34.7#80
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)67.5#67
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian64.6#33
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian51.9#121
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)49.9#45
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German58#46
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)47.3#53
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)54.4#69
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)42.2#67
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)74.9#84
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)54.8#67
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)53.7#79
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.3#175
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)17#93
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)61.7#55

FAQ

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

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed M 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 M v2.0, and what is it best at?›

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

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

On BEIR · Mean over tasks · English, Snowflake Arctic Embed M v2.0 scores 55.5 vs 55.5 — about the same.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is Snowflake Arctic Embed M v2.0?›

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

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

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), NV Embed v2 (open weights).