Snowflake Arctic Embed Xs

Jul 2024
Snowflake Arctic Embed Xs
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52.6MTEB English v2
Jul 2024released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1PwC Embedding Expr72.32KURE v269.73KURE v168.84Comsat Embed Ko 8B Preview68.55BGE M3 Ko68.4
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126Jina Embedding S En v16.2127Snowflake Arctic Embed Xs5.9128All Mpnet Base v25.9

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Embeddings & Retrieval#83 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen×3.3—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBSOpenPwC Embedding Expr×12.2——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBtBetterGte BaseunstatedOpen×2.4—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBiBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+63%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBsBetterAll MiniLM L12 v2unstatedOpen+48%—$0.005Max input: 1K tokens → 0K tokens

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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 · English50.1#101
BEIR · Mean over task types · English50.1#101
BEIR · Retrieval · English50.1#101
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian22.7#125
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese10.1#149
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese48.3#138
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English36.8#95
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English36.8#95
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English36.8#95
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German35.5#79
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German34#80
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German18.7#114
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German29.5#82
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German47.3#121
MTEB German v1 · STS · German40.8#111
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49.3#107
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German18.4#111
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)37.5#90
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)26.9#150
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)48#106
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)31.2#136
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.4#138
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)78.3#123
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)47.4#130
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)6.4#148
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)43.9#75
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)46.7#73
MTEB French v1 · STS · French65.5#77
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)31.5#91
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French62#98
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French34.8#91
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French48.4#107
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.4#57
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French54.4#155
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)32.7#87
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)23.1#89
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)43.7#88
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)9.5#125
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)1.8#148
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)41.9#149
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi52.6#148
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)9.6#106
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)2.5#184
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean5.9#127
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean19.6#132
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch35.1#103
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch43.9#104
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch44#109
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch16.7#110
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch29.7#97
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch54.3#115
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch26.8#108
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch59#112
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch76.5#144
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish58.5#140
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish40#110
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish51.7#94
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese20.5#66
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)35.7#117
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)35.7#117
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)35.7#117
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)34.3#88
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)27.3#101
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)37.1#89
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English32.6#167
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese12.2#172
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.4#138
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.4#138
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.4#138
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish55.8#151
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish37.1#96
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish32.9#90
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.3#165
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai50.9#178
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)26.4#134
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)47.3#127
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)56.1#162
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian21#97
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian22.1#96
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian25.3#137
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian28.2#128
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian14.9#133
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian13.6#142
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian46.8#171
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian1.4#93
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian24.3#152
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)16.1#144
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German9.7#181
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)28.9#153
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)45.2#135
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)35.3#130
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71#150
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)35.2#127
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)20.1#149
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.4#138
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)13.4#158
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)39.7#139

FAQ

How much does Snowflake Arctic Embed Xs cost?›

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

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

#83 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed Xs better than Jina Embedding S En v1?›

On MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean, Snowflake Arctic Embed Xs scores 5.9 vs 6.2 — about the same.

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

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

Is Snowflake Arctic Embed Xs open source?›

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

Can I run Snowflake Arctic Embed Xs locally?›

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

What is Snowflake Arctic Embed Xs?›

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

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

Bge Base En v1.5 (better), PwC Embedding Expr (open weights).