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AlibabaQwen3-Embedding 8B

The Qwen3 Embedding model series is the latest proprietary model of the Qwen family, specifically designed for text embedding and ranking tasks.

embeddingmultilingual
7.57B
Parameters
40K
Context length
0
Benchmarks
6
Quantizations
0
Architecture
Dense
Released
2025-06-05
Layers
36
KV Heads
8
Head Dim
128
Family
embedding

Quantization Options

Context length:
QuantBitsVRAM @ 16KQuality
Q4_K_M4.89
6.8 GB
5.1 + 1.7 KV
good
Q5_K_S5.57
7.4 GB
5.8 + 1.7 KV
good
Q5_K_M5.7
7.6 GB
5.9 + 1.7 KV
good
Q6_K6.56
8.4 GB
6.7 + 1.7 KV
excellent
Q8_08.5
10.2 GB
8.5 + 1.7 KV
lossless
FP1616
17.3 GB
15.6 + 1.7 KV
lossless

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▸Easiest way to get started·Beginners
DOCS ↗
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
$ollama run qwen3-embedding:8b-q4_K_M

Downloads and runs automatically. Add --verbose for speed stats.

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GPUs that can run this model

At Q4_K_M quantization. Sorted by minimum VRAM.

NVIDIA RTX 3050 6GB
6 GB VRAM • 168 GB/s
NVIDIA
$169
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
Intel Arc A380
6 GB VRAM • 186 GB/s
INTEL
$129
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
$150
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
$150
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
$140
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB VRAM • 192 GB/s
NVIDIA
$80
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA Tesla C2070
6 GB VRAM • 143 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla C2075
6 GB VRAM • 150 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla C2090
6 GB VRAM • 177 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M2070
6 GB VRAM • 150 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
6 GB VRAM • 150 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M2075
6 GB VRAM • 150 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla M2090
6 GB VRAM • 177 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla X2070
6 GB VRAM • 177 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla X2090
6 GB VRAM • 177 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla K20X
6 GB VRAM • 250 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm
6 GB VRAM • 250 GB/s
NVIDIA
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
6 GB VRAM • 192 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
6 GB VRAM • 192 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
NVIDIA
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
$140
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 TU104
6 GB VRAM • 336 GB/s
NVIDIA
$140
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
$90
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai
AMD Radeon RX 5600M
6 GB VRAM • 288 GB/s
AMD
AmazonNeweggeBayPCPartPickerRent on RunPodRent on Vast.ai

Find the best GPU for Qwen3-Embedding 8B

Build Hardware for Qwen3-Embedding 8B
▸ SPEC SHEET

Qwen3-Embedding 8B — 7.57B Dense.

▸ SPECIFICATIONS
PARAMETERS
7.57B
ARCHITECTURE
Dense Transformer
CONTEXT LENGTH
40K tokens
CAPABILITIES
embedding, multilingual
RELEASE DATE
2025-06-05
PROVIDER
Alibaba
FAMILY
embedding
▸ VRAM REQUIREMENTS
QUANTBPWVRAMQUALITY
Q4_K_M4.895.1 GB94%
Q5_K_S5.575.8 GB96%
Q5_K_M5.75.9 GB96%
Q6_K6.566.7 GB97%
Q8_08.58.5 GB100%
FP161615.6 GB100%
§ 02RUN COMMAND

Run Qwen3-Embedding 8B locally with Ollama — needs 5.1 GB VRAM at Q4_K_M:

$ollama run qwen3-embedding:8b
§ 03COMPATIBLE GPUs
30 @ Q4_K_M
NVIDIA RTX 3050 6GB
6 GB · 168 GB/s
Intel Arc A380
6 GB · 186 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB
6 GB · 336 GB/s
NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER
6 GB · 336 GB/s
NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti
6 GB · 288 GB/s
NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB · 192 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla C2070
6 GB · 143 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla C2075
6 GB · 150 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla C2090
6 GB · 177 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla M2070
6 GB · 150 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q
6 GB · 150 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla M2075
6 GB · 150 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla M2090
6 GB · 177 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla X2070
6 GB · 177 GB/s
NVIDIA Tesla X2090
6 GB · 177 GB/s