# Embedding layer or last hidden\_hidden\_state

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/embedding-layer-or-last-hidden-hidden-state/60665>\
**Category:** 🤗Transformers\
**Created:** [November 1, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/embedding-layer-or-last-hidden-hidden-state/60665 "2023-11-01T06:22:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/embedding-layer-or-last-hidden-hidden-state/60665/1 "2023-11-01T06:22:07Z")

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Hey guys, I’m wondering which way is better to get the word embedding, embedding layer from the model used, or last\_hidden\_states after calling the forward() function of the model?