Qwen3-Embedding-8B vs Giga-Embeddings-instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-Embedding-8B | Giga-Embeddings-instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 7.6 B | 3.5 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | GigarEmbedModel |
| Context length | 40,960 | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 2 |
| Downloads 30d | 2,575,478 | 695,093 |
| Downloads all time | 23.7 M | 1.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-06-03 | 2024-12-11 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
3.4 M413 K
Qwen3-Embedding-8B
Giga-Embeddings-instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Giga-Embeddings-instruct · fp16
16.2 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-Embedding-8B · fp16
18.3 GB / 24 GB