Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B vs Octen-Embedding-8B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 19 October 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
8.1 B
Context
—
30d
690 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Octen · B · Open weights
Params
7.6 B
Context
40,960
30d
382 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B | Octen-Embedding-8B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 8.1 B | 7.6 B |
| Architecture | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3Model |
| Context length | — | 40,960 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 3 |
| Downloads 30d | 690,297 | 382,321 |
| Downloads all time | 12.0 M | 1.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-01-07 | 2025-12-23 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
2.0 M382 K
Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B
Octen-Embedding-8B
A overtook B on 27 Sep
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Octen-Embedding-8B · fp16
18.3 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B · fp16
19.6 GB / 24 GB