nomic-embed-text-v1.5 vs snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
nomic-ai · A · Open weights
Params
140 M
Context
2,048
30d
11.9 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Snowflake · B · Open weights
Params
570 M
Context
8,192
30d
3.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | nomic-embed-text-v1.5 | snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 140 M | 570 M |
| Architecture | NomicBertModel | XLMRobertaModel |
| Context length | 2,048 | 8,192 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | 74 |
| Downloads 30d | 11,931,543 | 3,554,646 |
| Downloads all time | 178.2 M | 18.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (en) (reported) | 46.593296422632 | 34.946 |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en) (reported) | 69.355865658579 | 65.597 |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-02-10 | 2024-11-08 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
16.6 M678 K
nomic-embed-text-v1.5
snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
nomic-embed-text-v1.5 · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB
snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0 · fp16
3.1 GB / 24 GB