Google released EmbeddingGemma 2, an open model with 740 million parameters that converts text, images, video, audio, and code into vectors. It runs on-device, needs only about 191 MB of RAM, and outperforms some competing models twice its size, according to Google. Paired with a small open model like Gemma 4, it can run offline RAG apps without sending data to external servers.
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