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Qwen3-Embedding-4B

by Qwen Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-4B

Qwen3-Embedding-4B is an open-weight model for feature extraction from Qwen, released under Apache License 2.0. It has 4B parameters and a 40,960-token context. At 16-bit it needs about 9.7 GB of GPU memory, which fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest prices in the SAVRN Index. It draws 1.8M downloads a month.

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

Parameters4B
Context40,960
Weights8.0 GB
Licenseapache-2.0
AccessOpen weights
Monthly Downloads1.8M

Runs On

What it takes to serve Qwen3-Embedding-4B (4B parameters): the memory its weights need at each precision, and the cheapest way to rent enough data-center GPUs to hold them.

PrecisionWeightsMemory neededCheapest setupPer hourAlso fits
16-bit 8.0 GB 9.7 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
8-bit 4.0 GB 4.8 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
4-bit 2.0 GB 2.4 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00

Memory is the weights at that precision plus 20% for the runtime and a short context; a long context needs more. Prices are the lowest on-demand hourly rates in the SAVRN Index, read Oct 13, 2026.

Qwen3-Embedding-4B on every accelerator the SAVRN Index prices, at every precision

SAVRN's Notes on Qwen3-Embedding-4B

Qwen3 Embedding 4B turns text into vectors for search and retrieval, built on the Qwen3 language model and supporting many languages with a 40,960-token window. It sits between the 0.6B and 8B models in the same series and draws about 2.1 million downloads a month.

It needs about 10 GB at 16-bit. Apache 2.0 allows commercial use. For retrieval quality close to the top of the series at half the cost of the 8B model, this is the size we would test first.

Model Card

By Qwen, published under apache-2.0, revision 5cf2132abc99.

## Highlights The Qwen3 Embedding model series is the latest proprietary model of the Qwen family, specifically designed for text embedding and ranking tasks. Building upon the dense foundational models of the Qwen3 series, it provides a comprehensive range of text embeddings and reranking models in various sizes (0.6B, 4B, and 8B). This series inherits the exceptional multilingual capabilities, long-text understanding, and reasoning skills of its foundational model. The Qwen3 Embedding series represents significant advancements in multiple text embedding and ranking tasks, including text retrieval, code retrieval, text classification, text clustering, and bitext mining. **Exceptional Versatility**: The embedding model has achieved state-of-the-art performance across a wide range of downstream application evaluations. The 8B size embedding model ranks **No.1** in the MTEB multilingual leaderboard (as of June 5, 2025, score **70.58**), while the reranking model excels in various text retrieval scenarios. **Comprehensive Flexibility**: The Qwen3 Embedding series offers a full spectrum of sizes (from 0.6B to 8B) for both embedding and…

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Configuration

Architecture
Qwen3ForCausalLM
Context length (tokens)
40,960
Layers
36
Hidden size
2,560
Feed-forward size
9,728
Attention heads
32
Key/value heads
8
Head dimension
128
Vocabulary size
151,665
RoPE base
1,000,000
Stored precision
bfloat16
Model type
qwen3

Identity and Version

Repository
Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-4B
Publisher
Qwen
Task
Feature extraction
Modality
Text
Library
sentence-transformers
Parameters
4B parameters
Languages
Not stated by the source
Revision
5cf2132abc99cad020ac570b19d031efec650f2b
First published
2025-06-03
Last updated
2025-06-20

Files and Weights

14 files, 8.1 GB in total. The weights are 2 files totalling 8.0 GB in safetensors.

Weights2 files · 8.0 GB
Configuration6 files · 32.2 KB
Tokenizer4 files · 15.9 MB
Documentation1 file · 17.3 KB
Repository1 file · 1.6 KB
Every file
FileTypeSizeSHA-256
model-00001-of-00002.safetensorsWeights5.0 GB e70bfe3c9705
model-00002-of-00002.safetensorsWeights3.1 GB ed1b87c8e9eb
1_Pooling/config.jsonConfiguration313 B —
config.jsonConfiguration727 B —
config_sentence_transformers.jsonConfiguration215 B —
generation_config.jsonConfiguration117 B —
model.safetensors.index.jsonConfiguration30.4 KB —
modules.jsonConfiguration349 B —
README.mdDocumentation17.3 KB —
.gitattributesRepository1.6 KB —
merges.txtTokenizer1.7 MB —
tokenizer.jsonTokenizer11.4 MB 83cdf8c3a34f
tokenizer_config.jsonTokenizer7.3 KB —
vocab.jsonTokenizer2.8 MB —

License and Download

License
apache-2.0
Access
Open weights, no gate
Download size
8.0 GB
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Built From

Memory Requirements

PrecisionWeights in memory
As published8.0 GB
16-bit8.0 GB
8-bit4.0 GB
4-bit2.0 GB

Weights only, from the published parameter count; the key-value cache and runtime add to this.

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Questions About Qwen3-Embedding-4B

How much GPU memory does Qwen3-Embedding-4B need?

About 9.7 GB at 16-bit and 2.4 GB at 4-bit: the weights (4B parameters) plus a working margin. A long context needs more.

What is the cheapest GPU to run Qwen3-Embedding-4B on?

At 16-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour; at 4-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.

Can I use Qwen3-Embedding-4B commercially?

Yes. Qwen3-Embedding-4B 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.

What is Qwen3-Embedding-4B's context length?

40,960 tokens, from the maximum position embeddings in its published configuration.

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