Model reference · open weights
LLM2Vec-Meta-Llama-3-mntp is an open-weight embedding model from McGill-NLP. LLM2Vec-Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct-mntp (BF16) weighs 168 MB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 3060 12 GB.
Summary of the McGill-NLP/LLM2Vec-Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct-mntp model card, 2026-10-01
What it is
| Released by | McGill-NLP |
|---|---|
| Released | 2024-04-30 |
| VRAM | 168 MB 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 |
From the model card
LLM2Vec is a simple recipe to convert decoder-only LLMs into text encoders. It consists of 3 simple steps: 1) enabling bidirectional attention, 2) masked next token prediction, and 3) unsupervised contrastive learning. The model can be further fine-tuned to achieve state-of-the-art performance.
pip install llm2vec
from llm2vec import LLM2Vec
import torch
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModel, AutoConfig
from peft import PeftModel
# Loading base Mistral model, along with custom code that enables bidirectional connections in decoder-only LLMs.
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
"McGill-NLP/LLM2Vec-Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct-mntp"
)
config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
"McGill-NLP/LLM2Vec-Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct-mntp", trust_remote_code=True
)
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(
"McGill-NLP/LLM2Vec-Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct-mntp",
trust_remote_code=True,
config=config,
torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
device_map="cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu",
)
# Loading MNTP (Masked Next Token Prediction) model.
model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(
model,
"McGill-NLP/LLM2Vec-Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct-mntp",
)
# Wrapper for encoding and pooling operations
l2v = LLM2Vec(model, tokenizer, pooling_mode="mean", max_length=512)
# Encoding queries using instructions
instruction = (
"Given a web search query, retrieve relevant passages that answer the query:"
)
queries = [
[instruction, "how much protein should a female eat"],
[instruction, "summit define"],
]
q_reps = l2v.encode(queries)
# Encoding documents. Instruction are not required for documents
documents = [
"As a general guideline, the CDC's average requirement of protein for women ages 19 to 70 is 46 grams per day. But, as you can see from this chart, you'll need to increase that if you're expecting or training for a marathon. Check out the chart below to see how much protein you should be eating each day.",
"Definition of summit for English Language Learners. : 1 the highest point of a mountain : the top of a mountain. : 2 the highest level. : 3 a meeting or series of meetings between the leaders of two or more governments.",
]
d_reps = l2v.encode(documents)
# Compute cosine similarity
q_reps_norm = torch.nn.functional.normalize(q_reps, p=2, dim=1)
d_reps_norm = torch.nn.functional.normalize(d_reps, p=2, dim=1)
cos_sim = torch.mm(q_reps_norm, d_reps_norm.transpose(0, 1))
print(cos_sim)
"""
tensor([[0.7740, 0.5580],
[0.4845, 0.4993]])
"""
If you have any question about the code, feel free to email Parishad (parishad.behnamghader@mila.quebec) and Vaibhav (vaibhav.adlakha@mila.quebec).
Quoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.