Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B vs nomic-embed-code
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
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 | 1,170,273 | 470,998 |
| Downloads all time | 10.2 M | 2.6 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 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
2.4 M391 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