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E5 Base v2

Feb 2024
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$0.005per 1M tokens
49.7MTEB English v2
Feb 2024released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
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Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Geevec Embeddings 1.079.92Harrier OSS v1 27B78.33KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251175.74Octen Embedding 8B71.65Geevec Embeddings 1.0 Lite70.9
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89Nomic Embed Text v1 Unsupervised40.790E5 Base v240.591GIST Large Embedding v040.4

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Embeddings & Retrieval#108 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Cheaperpplx Embed v1 0.6BOpen+62%-20%$0.004Languages: not verified+1BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+54%-60%$0.002Languages: not verified+1OpenKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511+87%——Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+75%+100%$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+60%+100%$0.01Languages: not verified+1

Run it yourself

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

History

2 versions
383940Jan 23Apr 23Jul 23Oct 23Jan 24Release dateMTEB multilingual · RetrievalE5 · DecE5 · Feb
383940Jan 23Jul 23Jan 24Release dateMTEB multilingual · RetrievalE5 · Dec

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English50.3#99
BEIR · Mean over task types · English50.3#99
BEIR · Retrieval · English50.3#99
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)68.3#38
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)48.1#35
ChemTEB · Classification · English79.8#37
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English72.3#23
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)55#34
ChemTEB · Clustering · English33#37
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.1#34
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian35.1#91
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese19.9#94
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese65.9#79
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English41.1#65
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English41.1#65
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English41.1#65
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German42.4#47
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German40.7#48
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German27.1#63
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German39.7#47
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German52.5#80
MTEB German v1 · STS · German50.6#78
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German48.4#150
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German25.6#82
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)49.4#36
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)43.3#38
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)44.9#49
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)67.8#45
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)45.9#102
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)52#61
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)36.5#92
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.9#192
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)84.4#66
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)51.3#96
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)11.3#114
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)51.1#39
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)52.6#38
MTEB French v1 · STS · French73.2#46
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)40#59
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French70.7#57
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French42.6#41
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French55.5#70
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French31.9#9
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French54.3#159
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)36.3#62
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)26.9#61
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)46.2#66
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)23.7#75
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)6.5#75
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)54.4#117
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi54.6#118
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)-1.3#174
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)4.1#118
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean40.1#59
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean9.7#108
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean22.9#84
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch42.2#73
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch49.9#73
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch49.2#80
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch23.6#79
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch40.5#69
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch64.6#75
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch31.5#73
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch59.5#105
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch80.2#116
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish69.3#73
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish42.8#78
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish58.4#57
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese18.6#127
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)39.5#90
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)39.5#90
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)39.5#90
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)40.1#64
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)33.7#70
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)43.2#66
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English34.4#138
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese23.5#116
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-3.9#192
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-3.9#192
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-3.9#192
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish59.1#117
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)68.9#42
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish42.4#62
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish38.5#77
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.6#146
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.4#151
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)32.7#101
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)49.9#75
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)65.6#85
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian31.6#63
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian31.7#63
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian36#92
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian47#84
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian30.7#90
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian19.2#103
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian49.1#137
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian14.1#60
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian26.1#114
RTEB Code beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)47#4
RTEB English beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (5 languages)46.7#4
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English54#58
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)25.4#111
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German22.3#117
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)41.5#65
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)32#129
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)46#64
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)39.3#65
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)49.5#88
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)40.1#99
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)60.7#74
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)72.6#104
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)40.5#90
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)31#97
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.9#192
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16.1#115
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)47.5#100

FAQ

How much does E5 Base v2 cost?›

$0.005 per 1M tokens.

Is E5 Base v2 free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.005 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is E5 Base v2, and what is it best at?›

#108 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is E5 Base v2 better than Nomic Embed Text v1 Unsupervised?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages), E5 Base v2 scores 40.5 vs 40.7 — about the same.

How can I use E5 Base v2?›

Through the intfloat API.

When was E5 Base v2 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-02-08. It is the current version in its line.

Is E5 Base v2 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run E5 Base v2 locally?›

The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.

What is E5 Base v2?›

E5 Base v2 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from intfloat, released Feb 2024.

What are the best alternatives to E5 Base v2?›

pplx Embed v1 0.6B (cheaper), EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 (open weights).