Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2, an open multimodal embedding model for on-device use
AIGoogle released EmbeddingGemma 2, a 740M-parameter open embedding model under Apache 2.0 that combines a 270M text model with vision (170M) and audio (300M) encoders. The 270M text model can run locally with 0.5GB of RAM, and the full multimodal model with 1GB, and Unsloth provides GGUF files and fine-tuning support.
Why it matters: The post pairs the model's parameter split and local memory footprint with a benchmark table, showing how the multimodal embedding model compares with other embedding models.














