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⇱ Snowflake Arctic Embed L VRAM Requirements — GPU Compatibility


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Snowflake Arctic Embed L

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37.2KDownloads102LikesApr 2024Released1K tokensContextApache 2.0License78 StrongQuality

Snowflake Arctic Embed L (0.33500000834465027B parameters) requires approximately 4.0 GB of VRAM with F16 quantization. For the best balance of quality and speed, we recommend hardware with at least 5 GB of VRAM.

Get started

— copy & paste to run locally

Copy-paste commands to run Snowflake Arctic Embed L on your machine.

Run

ollama run snowflake-arctic-embed

Quick specs

Parameters0.34B
Architecturedense
Context1K tokens
Modalityembedding
Min RAM0.1 GB
Rec. RAM0.7 GB (F16)
LicenseApache 2.0
FamilyArctic Embed
✓ RAG

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Your hardware

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Quick picks

👁 Intel
Best budgetA
Intel Arc A380 6GB~$139 — 5 tok/s
👁 NVIDIA
Best overallA
GTX 1650 4GB~$149 — 5 tok/s

Best hardware

Top picks for Snowflake Arctic Embed L

Intel Arc A370M 4GBA
4 GB
GTX 1650 4GBA
4 GB
RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 4GBA
4 GB
RTX 2060 6GBA
6 GB
RTX 4050 Laptop 6GBA
6 GB

Run this model

Snowflake Arctic Embed L on Intel Arc A370M 4GBSnowflake Arctic Embed L on GTX 1650 4GBSnowflake Arctic Embed L on RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 4GB

Quantization options

VRAM estimates by quant level

No hardware detected — fit column shows raw VRAM estimates

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
0.1 GB
Low
Q3_K_S
3
0.2 GB
Low
NVFP4
4
0.2 GB
Medium
Q4_K_M
4
0.2 GB
Medium
Q5_K_M
5
0.2 GB
High
Q6_K
6
0.3 GB
High
Q8_0
8
0.4 GB
Very High
F16
16
0.7 GB
Maximum

Hardware compatibility

Fit estimates across all hardware

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Computing compatibility...

Memory breakdown

Reference: RTX 2060 6GB

Weights0.7 GB
KV Cache1.5 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom0.6 GB

Frequently asked questions

FAQ — Snowflake Arctic Embed L

See also

Quantization GuideScoring MethodologyVRAM Calculator