Model reference · open weights
jina-clip is an open-weight embedding model from jinaai. jina-clip-v2 (FP16) weighs 1.7 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 3060 12 GB.
Summary of the jinaai/jina-clip-v2 model card, 2026-10-01
What it is
| Released by | jinaai |
|---|---|
| Released | 2024-10-08 |
| Parameters | 865M |
| VRAM | 1.7 GB for the weights |
What it runs on
| Card | Runs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12 GB | fits | 11.6 GB |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | fits | 15.4 GB |
| RTX 3090 24 GB | fits | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 4090 24 GB | fits | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 5090 32 GB | fits | 31.0 GB |
| L40S 48 GB | fits | 44.0 GB |
| A100 80 GB | fits | 78.2 GB |
| H100 80 GB | fits | 78.1 GB |
| RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB | fits | 93.8 GB |
| DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unified | fits | 107 GB |
| H200 141 GB | fits | 138 GB |
| B200 180 GB | fits | 176 GB |
Builds
| Build | Params | Precision | Weights | Smallest setup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| jina-clip-v2 (above) ↗ | 865M | FP16 | 1.7 GB | RTX 3060 12 GB |
| jina-clip-v1 ↗ | 223M | FP32 | 445 MB | RTX 3060 12 GB |
From the model card
This model is based on the paper jina-clip-v2: Multilingual Multimodal Embeddings for Text and Images.
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jina-clip-v2 is a general-purpose multilingual multimodal embedding model for text & images.
Multimodal embeddings enable searching and understanding data across different modalities through a coherent representation. They serve as the backbone of neural information retrieval and multimodal GenAI applications.
Built upon jina-clip-v1 and our recently released jina-embeddings-v3, jina-clip-v2 features several significant improvements:
jina-embeddings-v3 (currently the best multilingual embeddings under 1B parameters on MTEB).jina-embeddings-v3 for the text tower, jina-clip-v2 supports 89 languages for multilingual-image retrieval, showing up to 4% improvement compared to nllb-clip-large-siglip on multilingual image retrieval tasks.Measuring 0.9B parameters, jina-clip-v2 combines two powerful encoders:
Jina-XLM-RoBERTa (the backbone of jina-embeddings-v3) andEVA02-L14 (an efficient vision Transformer developed by BAAI).| FEATURE | TEXT ENCODER | IMAGE ENCODER |
|---|---|---|
| Base Model | Jina-XLM-RoBERTa | EVA02-L |
| Parameters | 561M | 304M |
| Input Specification | 8,192 tokens (max) | 512×512 pixels |
| Min Output Dimensions | 64 | 64 |
| Max Output Dimensions | 1,024 | 1,024 |
| Layers | 24 | 24 |
| Attention Mechanism | FlashAttention2 | xFormers |
| Pooling Strategy | Mean pooling | CLS pooling |
| Additional Features | 89 languages supported | Patch size 14x14 |
These encoders are jointly trained to create aligned representations of images and text.
CLIP-like models have established themselves as the backbone for general-purpose multimodal applications. With jina-clip-v2, we're taking these capabilities to the next level, breaking down language barriers to deliver more accurate cross-modal understanding and retrieval. We're confident this release delivers a promise in making multimodal search and retrieval both more powerful and more accessible to developers worldwide.
Please refer to our technical report of jina-clip-v2 for the model and training details.
technical report of jina-clip-v1
On a CUDA enabled torch environment, the model comes in torch.bfloat16
precision by default. It is highly recommended to install
FlashAttention
and xFormers
to make use of their efficient attention mechanism implementations.
curl https://api.jina.ai/v1/embeddings \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer [JINA_AI_API_TOKEN]" \
-d @- <<EOFEOF
{
"model": "jina-clip-v2",
"dimensions": 1024,
"task": "retrieval.query",
"normalized": true,
"embedding_type": "float",
"input": [
{
"text": "غروب جميل على الشاطئ"
},
{
"text": "海滩上美丽的日落"
},
{
"text": "A beautiful sunset over the beach"
},
{
"text": "Un beau coucher de soleil sur la plage"
},
{
"text": "Ein wunderschöner Sonnenuntergang am Strand"
},
{
"text": "Ένα όμορφο ηλιοβασίλεμα πάνω από την παραλία"
},
{
"text": "समुद्र तट पर एक खूबसूरत सूर्यास्त"
},
{
"text": "Un bellissimo tramonto sulla spiaggia"
},
{
"text": "浜辺に沈む美しい夕日"
},
{
"text": "해변 위로 아름다운 일몰"
},
{
"image": "https://i.ibb.co/nQNGqL0/beach1.jpg"
},
{
"image": "https://i.ibb.co/r5w8hG8/beach2.jpg"
}
]
}
EOFEOF
# !pip install transformers einops timm pillow
from transformers import AutoModel
# Initialize the model
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained('jinaai/jina-clip-v2', trusQuoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.