nomic-embed-text-v1.5 vs plamo-embedding-1b

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 25 October 2026.

nomic-ai · A · Open weights
Params
140 M
Context
2,048
30d
12.4 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
pfnet · B · Open weights
Params
1.1 B
Context
4,096
30d
376 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification nomic-embed-text-v1.5 plamo-embedding-1b
Parameters 140 M 1.1 B
Architecture NomicBertModel PlamoBiModel
Context length 2,048 4,096
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 1 1
Downloads 30d 12,435,352 375,694
Downloads all time 171.4 M 1.1 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-02-10 2025-04-11

Download trend

90 days of snapshots recorded — chart in 0 days.

171.4 M
nomic-embed-text-v1.5 · all-time downloads
1.1 M
plamo-embedding-1b · all-time downloads

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

nomic-embed-text-v1.5 · fp16 1.1 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
plamo-embedding-1b · fp16 3.0 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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