nomic-embed-text-v1.5 vs snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Snowflake · B
Params
570 M
Context
8,192
30d
1.4 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 | 15,688,935 | 1,440,936 |
| Downloads all time | 132.5 M | 12.7 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 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
15.7 M1.4 M
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