VLM2Vec v2.0

Name: VLM2Vec v2.0
Brand: VLM2Vec

Apr 2025

VVLM2Vec v2.0

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0.2MVEB text video v1

Apr 2025released

1,536Dimensions

33K tokensMax input

enLanguages

Ranking?

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1Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B63.4 2UME R1 7B60.8 3UME R1 2B57.6 4LCO Embedding Omni 7B57 5Qwen 3 VL Embedding 8B56.8 6LCO Embedding Omni 3B56.4 7VLM2Vec v2.055.8 7BidirLM Omni 2.5B Embedding55.8

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes

BetterQwen 3 VL Embedding 2BOpen+14%——Languages: not verified zBetterUME R1 7BOpen+9%——Memory (4-bit): 1.3 GB → 5 GB zOpenUME R1 2B+3%——LOpenLCO Embedding Omni 7Bunstated+2%——Languages: not verified+1

OpenQwen 3 VL Embedding 8B+2%—$0.09Languages: 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

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval

MVEB v1 · Video Centric QA · English55.8#7

MVEB text video v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (16 languages)44.9#17

MVEB text video v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (16 languages)41#18

MVEB text video v1 · Video Zero-shot Classification · English45#20

MVEB text video v1 · Any-to-any Retrieval · English50#17

MVEB text video v1 · Video Clustering · English0.2#27

MVEB text video v1 · Video Classification · multilingual (16 languages)40.6#21

MVEB text video v1 · Video Centric QA · English29.1#3

MVEB text video v1 · Video Pair Classification · English81.3#15

MVEB video v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (16 languages)52.9#22

MVEB video v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (16 languages)56.8#22

MVEB video v1 · Video Classification · multilingual (16 languages)45#19

MVEB video v1 · Video Pair Classification · English68.5#22

FAQ

How much does VLM2Vec v2.0 cost?›

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

Is VLM2Vec v2.0 free to use?›

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

How good is VLM2Vec v2.0, and what is it best at?›

#27 of 27 in Multimodal.

Is VLM2Vec v2.0 better than BidirLM Omni 2.5B Embedding?›

On MVEB v1 · Video Centric QA · English, VLM2Vec v2.0 scores 55.8 vs 55.8 — about the same.

When was VLM2Vec v2.0 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-04-30. It is the current version in its line.

Is VLM2Vec v2.0 open source?›

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

Can I run VLM2Vec v2.0 locally?›

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

What is VLM2Vec v2.0?›

VLM2Vec v2.0 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from VLM2Vec, released Apr 2025.

What are the best alternatives to VLM2Vec v2.0?›

Qwen 3 VL Embedding 2B (better).