nomic-embed-text-v1 vs sarashina-embedding-v1-1b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 7 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | nomic-embed-text-v1 | sarashina-embedding-v1-1b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 140 M | 1.2 B |
| Architecture | NomicBertModel | LlamaModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 8,192 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | — |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Downloads 30d | 3,157,609 | 413,104 |
| Downloads all time | 57.4 M | 548 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-31 | 2024-11-22 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
5.1 M408 K
nomic-embed-text-v1
sarashina-embedding-v1-1b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
nomic-embed-text-v1 · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB
sarashina-embedding-v1-1b · fp16
6.1 GB / 24 GB