Best · Best open-weights AI model for embeddings — October 2026
Best open-weights AI model for embeddings — October 2026
As of Oct 14, 2026, Microsoft Harrier Oss V1 27B & Tencent Kalm Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 & Qwen Qwen3 Embedding 8B are tied for state of the art in Embeddings, open weights (since Apr 1, 2026; sources MTEB Multilingual v2 (MMTEB); methodology v1.0).
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Ranks
Recent crowns
Last crown changes
- Apr 1, 2026 — Embeddings: Qwen Qwen3 Embedding 8B and Tencent Kalm Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 and Microsoft Harrier Oss V1 27B are co-SOTA
- Dec 23, 2025 — Embeddings: Qwen Qwen3 Embedding 8B and Qwen Qwen3 Embedding 4B and Nvidia Llama Embed Nemotron 8B and Tencent Kalm Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 are co-SOTA
- Sep 4, 2025 — Embeddings: Qwen Qwen3 Embedding 8B and Qwen Qwen3 Embedding 4B are co-SOTA
Weights
Which benchmarks count
- MTEB Multilingual v2 (MMTEB) — primary, weight 1
- MTEB English v2 — secondary, weight 0.45
Who is SOTA in Embeddings, open weights?
As of Oct 14, 2026, Microsoft Harrier Oss V1 27B & Tencent Kalm Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 & Qwen Qwen3 Embedding 8B are tied for state of the art in Embeddings, open weights (since Apr 1, 2026; sources MTEB Multilingual v2 (MMTEB); methodology v1.0).
Since when is the Embeddings, open weights crown current?
The current crown in Embeddings, open weights has held since Apr 1, 2026.