granite-embedding-small-english-r2 vs canine-c
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 11 September 2026.
ibm-granite · A · Open weights
Params
50 M
Context
8,192
30d
6.1 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | granite-embedding-small-english-r2 | canine-c |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 50 M | 130 M |
| Architecture | ModernBertModel | CanineModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 16,384 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | 104 |
| Downloads 30d | 6,102,709 | 439,215 |
| Downloads all time | 31.2 M | 16.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-07-17 | 2022-03-02 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (28 Jul – 25 Oct)
6.4 M439 K
granite-embedding-small-english-r2
canine-c
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
granite-embedding-small-english-r2 · fp16
0.6 GB / 24 GB
canine-c · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB
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