Snowflake Arctic Embed S

Apr 2024
Snowflake Arctic Embed S
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54.9MTEB English v2
Apr 2024released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Gemini Embedding 2 Preview91.72Harrier OSS v1 27B863KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251183.84Harrier OSS v1 0.6B82.85Llama Embed Nemotron 8B81.7
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136Ivysaur22.9137Snowflake Arctic Embed S22.8138Snowflake Arctic Embed M Long22.8

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Embeddings & Retrieval#61 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen×2.8—$0.002Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GBOpenKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511×3.7——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 7.1 GBiBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+36%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBtBetterGte BaseunstatedOpen+11%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×3.6—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GB

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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 · English52#78
BEIR · Mean over task types · English52#78
BEIR · Retrieval · English52#78
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian22.1#129
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese11.9#138
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese45.7#147
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English39.5#77
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English39.5#77
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English39.5#77
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German39.7#68
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German39.5#60
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German46.6#128
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German50#95
MTEB German v1 · STS · German52#77
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German22.1#104
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German38.7#59
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German27.8#76
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)48.9#104
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.1#168
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)8.6#134
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)80.7#120
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)33.1#130
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)44.2#67
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)50#112
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)32.1#140
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)48.1#59
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)50.8#52
MTEB French v1 · STS · French70.2#66
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)40.7#58
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French52#94
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French35.6#88
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French69.6#70
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French56.8#113
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.4#67
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)33#88
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)23#95
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)44.1#91
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)2.7#128
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)10#105
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)38.3#163
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)11.3#122
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi51.3#167
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.4#140
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean22.4#102
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean9.2#118
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch39.4#89
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch46.7#89
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch40#71
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch45.8#97
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch28.3#102
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch57.2#101
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch18.9#100
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch78#134
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch58.6#118
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over tasks · Polish44.3#79
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over task types · Polish44.2#78
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish40.4#113
MTEB Polish v1 · Clustering · Polish24.4#80
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish50.5#106
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish61.6#132
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese22.4#29
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)38#104
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)38#104
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)38#104
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)38.1#80
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)29.4#98
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)41.9#76
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English33.5#153
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese12.9#174
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-3.1#168
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-3.1#168
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-3.1#168
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish40.4#81
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish56.2#148
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish46.3#58
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish73.5#65
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai50.8#180
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai2.4#188
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)43.9#81
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)44.7#87
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)48.5#106
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)44.4#70
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)28.7#130
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)57.1#158
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian20.6#99
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian21.7#97
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian25.3#139
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian14.5#139
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian13.2#140
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian24.3#160
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian25.2#133
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian1.4#92
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian48.1#151
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)24.1#116
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German17.7#138
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)31.8#137
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)36.7#127
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)46.3#127
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)39.8#96
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)14.8#144
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)22.8#137
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.1#168
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)40#138
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.5#136

FAQ

How much does Snowflake Arctic Embed S cost?›

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

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

#61 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed S better than Ivysaur?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages), Snowflake Arctic Embed S scores 22.8 vs 22.9 — about the same.

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

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed S open source?›

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

Can I run Snowflake Arctic Embed S locally?›

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

What is Snowflake Arctic Embed S?›

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

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

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