Youtu Embedding

Sep 2025
Youtu Embedding
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92.6MTEB Medical v1
Sep 2025released
2,048Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
zhLanguages

Ranking?

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1Yuan Embedding 2.0 Zh94.42QZhou Embedding93.53Youtu Embedding92.64QZhou Embedding Zh92.65Gme Qwen2 VL 7B Instruct90.5

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
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Mean over tasks · Mandarin Chinese77.6#2
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Mean over task types · Mandarin Chinese78.9#2
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Retrieval · Mandarin Chinese80.2#3
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · STS · Mandarin Chinese68.8#4
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese75.1#2
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Clustering · Mandarin Chinese84.3#1
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Pair Classification · Mandarin Chinese86.1#6
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Classification · Mandarin Chinese78.7#3
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese92.6#3

FAQ

How much does Youtu Embedding cost?›

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

Is Youtu Embedding free to use?›

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

How good is Youtu Embedding, and what is it best at?›

#3 of 199 in Embeddings.

Is Youtu Embedding better than QZhou Embedding?›

On MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese, Youtu Embedding scores 92.6 vs 93.5 — about the same.

When was Youtu Embedding released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-09-28. It is the current version in its line.

Is Youtu Embedding open source?›

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

Can I run Youtu Embedding locally?›

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

What is Youtu Embedding?›

Youtu Embedding is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Tencent, released Sep 2025.

What are the best alternatives to Youtu Embedding?›

Yuan Embedding 2.0 Zh (open weights).