Youtu Embedding
Sep 2025
Youtu EmbeddingCompare inon
Youtu Embedding measured on 9 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks9
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Retrieval8
Reranking1
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self-host onlyprice
92.6MTEB Medical v1
Sep 2025released
2,048Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
zhLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
KOpenQZhou Embedding Zhsame——Languages: not verified+1KOpenQZhou Embeddingunstatedsame——Memory (4-bit): 1.6 GB → 4.2 GB
OpenQwen 3 Embedding 8Bunstated-5%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iOpenJasper Token Compression 600Munstated-5%——rOpenRitrieve Zh v1-6%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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KQZhou Embedding ZhOpensame——Languages: not verified+1KQZhou EmbeddingunstatedOpensame——Memory (4-bit): 1.6 GB → 4.2 GBQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen-5%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iJasper Token Compression 600MunstatedOpen-5%——rRitrieve Zh v1Open-6%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511Openn/a——Languages: not verified+1All Tencent models →Run it yourself
estimateFits 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
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in Embeddings & RetrievalFAQ
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 202 in Embeddings.
Is Youtu Embedding better than QZhou Embedding Zh?›
On MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Mean over tasks · Mandarin Chinese, Youtu Embedding scores 77.6 vs 78.5 — 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?›
QZhou Embedding Zh (open weights).