WebAI ColVec1 9B measured on 5 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks5
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87.6MIEB lite
Apr 2026released
262K tokensMax input
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11Ops Colqwen3 4B87.812WebAI ColVec1 9B87.613SauerkrautLM ColQwen3 8B v0.187.4Strong at
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DBetterArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+2%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens
OpenNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2+2%——DOpenArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstated+2%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokensvOpenVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8B+2%——vOpenVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5B+1%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+2%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+2%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokensNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+2%——DArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+2%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokensvVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+2%——vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+1%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
wWebAI ColVec1 4BOpensame——wWebAI ColVec1.1 4BOpenn/a——wWebAI ColVec1.1 8BOpenn/a——All webAI-Official models →Run it yourself
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How much does WebAI ColVec1 9B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is WebAI ColVec1 9B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is WebAI ColVec1 9B, and what is it best at?›
#12 of 89 in Multimodal. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.
Is WebAI ColVec1 9B better than Ops Colqwen3 4B?›
On MIEB lite · Document Understanding · English, WebAI ColVec1 9B scores 87.6 vs 87.8 — about the same.
When was WebAI ColVec1 9B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-04-05. It is the current version in its line.
Is WebAI ColVec1 9B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (multiple licence).
Can I run WebAI ColVec1 9B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is WebAI ColVec1 9B?›
WebAI ColVec1 9B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from webAI-Official, released Apr 2026.
What are the best alternatives to WebAI ColVec1 9B?›
Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (better).