Qwen3-Embedding-4B vs e5-mistral-7b-instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 7 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-Embedding-4B | e5-mistral-7b-instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 4.0 B | 7.1 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | MistralModel |
| Context length | 40,960 | 32,768 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 2,076,750 | 424,422 |
| Downloads all time | 20.9 M | 7.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-06-03 | 2023-12-20 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
4.1 M420 K
Qwen3-Embedding-4B
e5-mistral-7b-instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-Embedding-4B · fp16
10.0 GB / 24 GB
e5-mistral-7b-instruct · fp16
17.2 GB / 24 GB