Arctic 2 Embed L
Arctic 2 Embed L is Snowflake's embedding model with a 8K context window, starting at $0.1 / 1M input and $0.1 / 1M output. A large embedding model in Snowflake's Arctic 2 series, delivering high-dimensional semantic representations for enterprise retrieval workloads.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text·
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding✓
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Batch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.1 | $0.1 | $0.05 | $0.05 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Arctic 2 Embed L, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 1 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g6f.large |  AWS | L4 | 3 GB | $0.202/hr | us-east-1 | |
| Standard_NV4as_v4 |  Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 16 GB | $0.233/hr | westus2 | |
| g6f.xlarge | AWS | L4 | 3 GB | $0.237/hr | us-east-1 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic 2 Embed L | — | 8K | $0.100 | $0.100 | Current |
| Arctic 1.5 Embed M | — | — | $0.060 | $0.060 | Available |
| Arctic Instruct | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Arctic | — | 4K | — | — | Available |
| Arctic Embed M | — | — | $0.060 | $0.060 | Available |
| Arctic Extract | — | — | $11.10 | $11.10 | Available |
| Arctic Tilt Entity | — | — | $19.00 | $19.00 | Available |
| Arctic Tilt Table | — | — | $56.80 | $56.80 | Available |