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Instructions to use nvidia/llama-nv-embed-reasoning-3b with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use nvidia/llama-nv-embed-reasoning-3b with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper from transformers import pipeline pipe = pipeline("feature-extraction", model="nvidia/llama-nv-embed-reasoning-3b", trust_remote_code=True)# Load model directly from transformers import AutoModel model = AutoModel.from_pretrained("nvidia/llama-nv-embed-reasoning-3b", trust_remote_code=True, device_map="auto") - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
| # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved. | |
| # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0. | |
| """ | |
| MTEB encoder and ModelMeta for nvidia/llama-nv-embed-reasoning-3b. | |
| """ | |
| from mteb.models.model_meta import ModelMeta | |
| from mteb.models.model_implementations.nvidia_models import ( | |
| LlamaEmbedNemotron, | |
| LlamaEmbedNemotron_CITATION, | |
| llama_embed_nemotron_evaluated_languages, | |
| llama_embed_nemotron_training_datasets, | |
| ) | |
| from mteb.types import PromptType | |
| BRIGHT_TASK_INSTRUCTIONS = { | |
| "BrightBiologyRetrieval": "Given a Biology post, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightEarthScienceRetrieval": "Given an Earth Science post, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightEconomicsRetrieval": "Given an Economics post, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightPsychologyRetrieval": "Given a Psychology post, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightRoboticsRetrieval": "Given a Robotics post, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightStackoverflowRetrieval": "Given a Stack Overflow post, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightSustainableLivingRetrieval": "Given a Sustainable Living post, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightLeetcodeRetrieval": "Given a Coding problem, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightPonyRetrieval": "Given a Pony question, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightAopsRetrieval": "Given a Math problem, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightTheoremQAQuestionsRetrieval": "Given a Math problem, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| "BrightTheoremQATheoremsRetrieval": "Given a Math problem, retrieve relevant passages.", | |
| } | |
| BRIGHT_PASSAGE_PREFIX = "passage: " | |
| class LlamaNvEmbedReasoning(LlamaEmbedNemotron): | |
| """LlamaNvEmbedReasoning for reasoning with BRIGHT benchmark prompts.""" | |
| def __init__(self, model_name: str, revision: str, device: str | None = None, **kwargs) -> None: | |
| super().__init__(model_name, revision=revision, device=device) | |
| self.max_seq_length = kwargs.get("max_seq_length", 8192) | |
| def _get_base_instruction(self, task_metadata, prompt_type: PromptType | None) -> str: | |
| task_name = task_metadata.name | |
| if task_name in BRIGHT_TASK_INSTRUCTIONS: | |
| if prompt_type == PromptType.document: | |
| return "" | |
| return BRIGHT_TASK_INSTRUCTIONS[task_name] | |
| return super()._get_base_instruction(task_metadata, prompt_type) | |
| def encode( | |
| self, | |
| inputs, | |
| *, | |
| task_metadata, | |
| hf_split: str = "", | |
| hf_subset: str = "", | |
| prompt_type: PromptType | None = None, | |
| **kwargs, | |
| ): | |
| task_name = task_metadata.name | |
| if task_name in BRIGHT_TASK_INSTRUCTIONS and prompt_type == PromptType.document: | |
| prefix = BRIGHT_PASSAGE_PREFIX | |
| else: | |
| instruction = self._get_task_specific_instruction(task_metadata, prompt_type) | |
| prefix = self.format_instruction(instruction, prompt_type) | |
| return self._extract_embeddings(inputs, instruction=prefix, **kwargs) | |
| LLAMA_NV_EMBED_REASONING_3B_META = ModelMeta( | |
| loader=LlamaNvEmbedReasoning, | |
| loader_kwargs=dict(max_seq_length=8192), | |
| name="nvidia/llama-nv-embed-reasoning-3b", | |
| model_type=["dense"], | |
| languages=llama_embed_nemotron_evaluated_languages, | |
| open_weights=True, | |
| revision="main", | |
| release_date="2026-02-23", | |
| n_parameters=3_212_749_824, | |
| memory_usage_mb=6000, | |
| embed_dim=3072, | |
| license="https://huggingface.co/nvidia/llama-nv-embed-reasoning-3b/blob/main/LICENSE", | |
| max_tokens=8192, | |
| reference="https://huggingface.co/nvidia/llama-nv-embed-reasoning-3b", | |
| similarity_fn_name="cosine", | |
| framework=["PyTorch", "Transformers"], | |
| use_instructions=True, | |
| training_datasets=llama_embed_nemotron_training_datasets, | |
| public_training_code=None, | |
| public_training_data=None, | |
| citation=LlamaEmbedNemotron_CITATION, | |
| ) | |