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E5 Large

Dec 2022
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49.6MTEB English v2
Dec 2022released
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1K tokensMax input
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1Nemotron 3 Embed 8B Legal702Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF1669.83F2LLM v2 14B67.24Llama Embed Nemotron 8B675Qwen 3 Embedding 8B66.8
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60BidirLM 270M Embedding45.561E5 Large43.362Arabic All Nli Triplet Matryoshka42.8

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Embeddings & Retrieval#109 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+43%—$0.002Languages: not verifiedmOpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B Legal+62%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 4.8 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+54%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterBge M3unstatedOpen+39%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+36%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.3 GB

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
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use

History

2 versions
4242.54343.5Jan 23Apr 23Jul 23Oct 23Jan 24Release dateMTEB Dutch · RetrievalE5 · DecE5 · Feb
4242.54343.5Jan 23Jul 23Jan 24Release dateMTEB Dutch · RetrievalE5 · Dec

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English50#104
BEIR · Mean over task types · English50#104
BEIR · Retrieval · English50#104
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)71.5#17
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)52.8#11
ChemTEB · Classification · English81.8#20
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English72#25
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)58.8#19
ChemTEB · Clustering · English51#7
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.3#14
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian31.1#103
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese15.6#114
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese56#119
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English39.4#78
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English39.4#78
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English39.4#78
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German43.3#40
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German42.5#40
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German26.7#66
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German41.9#40
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German51.2#85
MTEB German v1 · STS · German58#52
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49.1#120
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German27.9#74
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)43.1#61
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)49.2#100
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)50.2#86
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)37.5#79
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.3#136
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)84.5#63
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)51.2#98
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)13.9#74
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)51.7#36
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)53.2#35
MTEB French v1 · STS · French76#32
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)41.8#50
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French68.9#66
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French42.4#44
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French55.3#71
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French31.8#11
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French56.1#124
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)33.4#80
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)23.6#85
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)44#85
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)14.4#97
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)4.6#98
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)47.2#135
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi52.8#143
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)-1.8#179
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.8#129
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean13.1#93
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean21.6#108
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch42.8#68
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch50.5#69
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch48.6#82
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch23.3#83
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch43.3#61
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch63.7#78
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch31.4#74
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch59.2#111
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch83.8#94
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish75.8#66
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish42.2#83
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish58.6#55
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese17.9#145
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)41.2#76
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)41.2#76
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)41.2#76
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)42.9#49
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)34.1#62
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)47.2#51
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English35.3#122
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese19.7#141
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.3#136
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.3#136
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.3#136
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish61.3#93
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish42.8#56
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish44.1#64
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.5#159
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.4#145
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)32.2#107
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)49.8#77
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)65.7#83
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian25.5#82
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian26.2#80
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian29.5#113
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian40.4#104
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian20.7#119
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian15.6#122
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian47.4#162
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian4.6#79
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian25.4#138
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)31.8#87
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German27.1#105
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)33.7#110
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)48.2#101
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)40.6#87
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)73.5#93
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)38.5#105
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)30.6#98
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.3#136
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16.3#109
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)44.2#118

FAQ

How much does E5 Large cost?›

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

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

#109 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is E5 Large better than BidirLM 270M Embedding?›

On MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch, E5 Large scores 43.3 vs 45.5 — lower.

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

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

Is E5 Large open source?›

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

Can I run E5 Large locally?›

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

What is E5 Large?›

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

What are the best alternatives to E5 Large?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B Legal (open weights).