granite-embedding-small-english-r2 vs lambda
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
ibm-granite · A
Params
50 M
Context
8,192
30d
6.3 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | granite-embedding-small-english-r2 | lambda |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 50 M | — |
| Architecture | ModernBertModel | LlamaModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | — |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 6,277,600 | 498,320 |
| Downloads all time | 24.3 M | 12.9 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-07-17 | 2024-03-31 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
6.4 M439 K
granite-embedding-small-english-r2
lambda
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
lambda · fp16
0.5 GB / 24 GB
granite-embedding-small-english-r2 · fp16
0.6 GB / 24 GB
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