granite-embedding-small-english-r2 vs lambda
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
ibm-granite · A · Open weights
Params
50 M
Context
8,192
30d
6.9 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 | 6,856,446 | 428,319 |
| Downloads all time | 34.9 M | 13.6 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 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
6.9 M420 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