nemotron-3-embed-1b Model by NVIDIA | NVIDIA NIM

NVIDIA

nemotron-3-embed-1b

Free Endpoint

1B embedding model for semantic search, retrieval, and RAG applications.

Agentic Retrieval Code Retrieval Nemotron Retriever

Accelerated by DGX Cloud

Select your target environment

Follow the steps below to download and run the NVIDIA NIM inference microservice for this model on your infrastructure of choice.

Step 1
Generate API Key

Step 2
Pull and Run the NIM

$ docker login nvcr.io
Username: $oauthtoken
Password: <PASTE_API_KEY_HERE>

Pull and run the NVIDIA NIM with the command below. This will download the optimized model for your infrastructure.

export NGC_API_KEY=<PASTE_API_KEY_HERE>
export LOCAL_NIM_CACHE=~/.cache/nim
mkdir -p "$LOCAL_NIM_CACHE"
docker run -it --rm \
    --gpus all \
    --shm-size=16GB \
    -e NGC_API_KEY \
    -v "$LOCAL_NIM_CACHE:/opt/nim/.cache" \
    -u $(id -u) \
    -p 8000:8000 \
    nvcr.io/nim/nvidia/nemotron-3-embed-1b:latest

Step 3
Test the NIM

You can now make a local API call using this curl command:

curl -X "POST" \
  "http://localhost:8000/v1/embeddings" \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "model": "nvidia/nemotron-3-embed-1b",
  "input": "What symptoms and common triggers help distinguish eczema from other inflammatory skin conditions?",
  "input_type": "query",
  "encoding_format": "float",
  "truncate": "END"
}'

For more details on getting started with this NIM, visit the NVIDIA NIM Docs.