SAVRN Model Hub · Comparisons
all-MiniLM-L12-v2 vs snowflake-arctic-embed-s
All-MiniLM-L12-v2 has 33M parameters and snowflake-arctic-embed-s has 33M parameters; both are released under Apache License 2.0; at 16-bit, all-MiniLM-L12-v2 needs about 0.1 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour) and snowflake-arctic-embed-s about 0.1 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour).
| Field | all-MiniLM-L12-v2 sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L12-v2 | snowflake-arctic-embed-s Snowflake/snowflake-arctic-embed-s |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Sentence Transformers | Snowflake |
| Task | Sentence similarity | Sentence similarity |
| Modality | Text | Text |
| Parameters, as reported | 33M parameters | 33M parameters |
| Architecture | BertModel | BertModel |
| Library | sentence-transformers | sentence-transformers |
| Context length | 512 tokens | 512 tokens |
| Repository size | 1.3 GB | 557.3 MB |
| Artifact formats | safetensors, onnx, openvino, pytorch, rust | safetensors, onnx |
| License | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Access | Open weights, no gate | Open weights, no gate |
| Memory at 16-bit (weights and margin) | 0.1 GB | 0.1 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 16-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Memory at 4-bit (weights and margin) | 0 GB | 0 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 4-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Revision viewed | a50ef00143b4 | e596f5074675 |
| Downloads reported by the hub | 4.2M | 495.9k |
| Last observed | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
An evaluation row appears only where at least two of these models report the same benchmark with the same stated configuration, metric, unit and setup. Different evaluators stay named in each cell. Values are shown as reported: no unit conversion, no ranking.
Other Reported Results
These results are listed for each model on its own, because the conditions needed to compare them are not stated or do not match. Two results that leave a condition blank are not assumed to share it.
all-MiniLM-L12-v2
| Benchmark | Conditions | Result | Reported by | Revision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mteb/arguana | Task ArguAnaMetric ArguAnaSetup Obtained using MTEB v1.38.3Comparison conditions not established | 47.128 | Obtained using MTEB v1.38.3 Reported by a third party |
Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-03-05 |
| mteb/arguana | Task ArguAna_default_testMetric ArguAna_default_testSetup Obtained using MTEB v1.38.3Comparison conditions not established | 47.128 | Obtained using MTEB v1.38.3 Reported by a third party |
Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-03-05 |
snowflake-arctic-embed-s
| Benchmark | Conditions | Result | Reported by | Revision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 71.1791 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric apComparison conditions not established | 33.1583 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 64.8621 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonPolarityClassification | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 78.7503 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonPolarityClassification | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric apComparison conditions not established | 72.8324 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonPolarityClassification | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 78.6397 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 38.264 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 37.1403 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_1Comparison conditions not established | 32.646 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 48.372 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_100Comparison conditions not established | 49.207 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_1000Comparison conditions not established | 49.214 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_3Comparison conditions not established | 43.611 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_5Comparison conditions not established | 46.601 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_1Comparison conditions not established | 33.144 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 48.557 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_100Comparison conditions not established | 49.385 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_1000Comparison conditions not established | 49.392 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_3Comparison conditions not established | 43.777 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_5Comparison conditions not established | 46.792 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_1Comparison conditions not established | 32.646 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 56.874 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_100Comparison conditions not established | 60.307 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_1000Comparison conditions not established | 60.466 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_3Comparison conditions not established | 47.34 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_5Comparison conditions not established | 52.685 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric precision_at_1Comparison conditions not established | 32.646 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric precision_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 8.378 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric precision_at_100Comparison conditions not established | 0.984 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric precision_at_1000Comparison conditions not established | 0.1 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric precision_at_3Comparison conditions not established | 19.393 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric precision_at_5Comparison conditions not established | 14.211 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric recall_at_1Comparison conditions not established | 32.646 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric recall_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 83.784 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric recall_at_100Comparison conditions not established | 98.435 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric recall_at_1000Comparison conditions not established | 99.644 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric recall_at_3Comparison conditions not established | 58.179 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric recall_at_5Comparison conditions not established | 71.053 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArxivClusteringP2P | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 44.9435 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArxivClusteringS2S | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 35.8708 | Snowflake Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
SAVRN's Notes on all-MiniLM-L12-v2
Most of the 1.3 GB download for all-MiniLM-L12-v2 is format duplication: 29 files spanning safetensors, onnx, openvino, pytorch and rust builds of a model whose 16-bit working set is 0.1 GB, with 8-bit and 4-bit rounding to zero, so pick your runtime's format. Underneath, 33M parameters turn up to 512 tokens into a 384-number vector for semantic search and clustering. One MI300X at $1.85 an hour is the cheapest listed setup; the real question is whether something this small rides along on hardware you already run.
Apache 2.0 permits commercial use, modification and redistribution with an express patent grant, and asks you to keep the license and NOTICE file and state significant changes. Check the training sets named in the file, from ms_marco and search_qa to stackexchange_xml, code_search_net and s2orc, against the text you will feed it. Released March 2, 2022, it was last updated March 31, 2026.
SAVRN's Notes on snowflake-arctic-embed-s
Embedding text for search is the job here: 33 million parameters in a 12-layer BERT body, up to 512 tokens per passage, one vector out. At 16-bit the weights take 0.1 GB and working memory is 0.1 GB, so the cheapest card in our table, one MI300X with 192 GB at $1.85 per hour on-demand, is wildly oversized. It belongs on a GPU already running something else, or in the ONNX build the publisher ships.
Apache 2.0 allows commercial use, modification and redistribution with the license and NOTICE file kept intact, so an index built on it can ship inside a product. Check two things. The 512-token ceiling means longer documents get chunked before embedding. And the publisher's notes say the December 2024 l-v2.0 and m-v2.0 releases were meant to replace earlier versions, so this one is a choice made on size, not on being current.
Questions
Which is larger, all-MiniLM-L12-v2 or snowflake-arctic-embed-s?
all-MiniLM-L12-v2 (33M parameters) is larger than snowflake-arctic-embed-s (33M parameters), by the parameter counts their publishers report.
Which is cheaper to run, all-MiniLM-L12-v2 or snowflake-arctic-embed-s?
At 4-bit, all-MiniLM-L12-v2 fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour and snowflake-arctic-embed-s on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.
Can I use all-MiniLM-L12-v2 commercially?
Yes. all-MiniLM-L12-v2 is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.
Can I use snowflake-arctic-embed-s commercially?
Yes. snowflake-arctic-embed-s is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.