Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B

Name: Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B
Brand: TomoroAI

Nov 2025

TTomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B

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self-host onlyprice

87.2MIEB lite

Nov 2025released

4,096Dimensions

262K tokensMax input

Ranking?

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1EVIE 8B66.2 2EVIE 4.5B65.7 3WebAI ColVec1.1 8B64.9 4pplx Embed v2 Late 9B64.8 5VultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8B64.3

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11WebAI ColVec1 4B62.2 12Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B61.6 13Nemotron Colembed VL 4B v261.5

Strong at

Embeddings & Retrieval#18 of 89

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes

BetterEVIE 8BOpen+8%——Memory (4-bit): 4.8 GB → 5 GB

BetterEVIE 4.5BOpen+7%——wBetterWebAI ColVec1.1 8BOpen+5%——Memory (4-bit): 4.8 GB → 5 GB

Betterpplx Embed v2 Late 9BOpen+5%——Max input: 262K tokens → 4K tokens+1 vBetterVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+4%——Memory (4-bit): 4.8 GB → 5 GB

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · compressed✓ 16 GB · 8-bit✓ 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

MIEB English · Document Understanding · English90.8#15

MIEB lite · Document Understanding · English87.2#18

MIEB multilingual · Document Understanding · English90.8#15

ViDoRe v3 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)61.6#12

ViDoRe v1&v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)83.5#11

FAQ

How much does Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B cost?›

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

Is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B free to use?›

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

How good is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B, and what is it best at?›

#18 of 89 in Multimodal. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.

Is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B better than WebAI ColVec1 4B?›

On ViDoRe v3 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages), Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B scores 61.6 vs 62.2 — about the same.

When was Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-11-26. It is the current version in its line.

Is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B open source?›

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

Can I run Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B locally?›

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

What is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B?›

Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from TomoroAI, released Nov 2025.

What are the best alternatives to Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B?›

EVIE 8B (better).