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E5 Base

Dec 2022
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47.7MTEB English v2
Dec 2022released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
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Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Llama Embed Nemotron 8B70.72Octen Embedding 8B70.23Qwen 3 Embedding 8B70.14F2LLM v2 14B69.75F2LLM v2 8B69.3
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75Mxbai Embed Large v149.676E5 Base49.377Sentence T5 Large49.3

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Embeddings & Retrieval#118 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+29%—$0.002Languages: not verified+1OpenLlama Embed Nemotron 8B+43%——Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+42%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+33%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+26%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GB

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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
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use

History

2 versions
49.449.649.8Jan 23Apr 23Jul 23Oct 23Jan 24Release dateMTEB DutchE5 · DecE5 · Feb
49.449.649.8Jan 23Jul 23Jan 24Release dateMTEB DutchE5 · Dec

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English48.7#115
BEIR · Mean over task types · English48.7#115
BEIR · Retrieval · English48.7#115
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)69.1#31
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)48.7#31
ChemTEB · Classification · English80.7#29
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English72.2#24
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)56.4#24
ChemTEB · Clustering · English33.8#35
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.2#26
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian28.5#113
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese13.9#119
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese54#128
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English37.6#89
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English37.6#89
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English37.6#89
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German41#50
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German39.3#55
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German25#81
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German36.8#59
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German51.2#83
MTEB German v1 · STS · German52.3#69
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49#131
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German21.5#101
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)42.3#65
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)44.2#103
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)51#74
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)34.7#116
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.5#184
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)83.8#75
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)50.8#102
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)12.2#107
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)49.3#51
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)51#49
MTEB French v1 · STS · French73.8#41
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)34.2#83
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French66#83
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French41.1#59
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French55.5#68
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.1#83
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French56.4#118
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)32#96
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)22.4#98
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)42.7#100
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)10.1#122
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)3.9#106
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)44.5#144
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi50.7#172
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)1.6#155
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.6#136
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean11.1#99
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean21.9#99
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch41.2#75
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch49.3#76
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch48.1#85
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch22.1#90
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch39.5#73
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch63.9#77
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch30.6#85
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch58.9#114
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch82.2#102
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish64.7#94
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish41.4#91
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish56.8#69
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese17.9#144
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)37#109
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)37#109
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)37#109
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)40.8#60
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)32#81
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)45#55
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English33.3#157
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese17.7#152
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-3.5#184
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-3.5#184
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-3.5#184
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish59.9#105
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish41.9#66
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish37.6#80
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.9#136
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.4#148
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)31.6#112
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)49.7#81
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)66.7#75
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian22.9#91
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian23.4#92
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian28.2#127
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian33#119
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian14.2#138
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian14.7#132
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian46.4#173
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian1.7#87
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian25.4#139
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)27.6#101
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German22.8#116
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)29.6#146
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)47.8#108
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)38.7#110
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.8#118
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)37.7#112
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)29.5#101
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.5#184
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16.1#114
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)41.5#131

FAQ

How much does E5 Base cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.

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

#118 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is E5 Base better than Mxbai Embed Large v1?›

On MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch, E5 Base scores 49.3 vs 49.6 — about the same.

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

Released 2022-12-26. It is the current version in its line.

Is E5 Base open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).

Can I run E5 Base locally?›

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

What is E5 Base?›

E5 Base is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from intfloat, released Dec 2022.

What are the best alternatives to E5 Base?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Llama Embed Nemotron 8B (open weights).