Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B vs nomic-embed-code
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 1 November 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
8.1 B
Context
—
30d
690 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
nomic-ai · B · Open weights
Params
7.1 B
Context
32,768
30d
356 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B | nomic-embed-code |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.1 B | 7.1 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | Qwen2Model |
| Context length | — | 32,768 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 690,297 | 356,168 |
| Downloads all time | 12.0 M | 3.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-01-07 | 2025-03-24 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
2.0 M356 K
Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B
nomic-embed-code
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B · fp16
19.6 GB / 24 GB
nomic-embed-code · fp16
32.7 GB / 24 GB