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E5 Small v2

Feb 2024
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48.5MTEB English v2
Feb 2024released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
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Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Cohere Embed Multilingual v3.055.62Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF1655.43Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano55.14Jina Embeddings v5 Text Small54.95Most Embed De54.7
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83Text2vec Base Chinese Paraphrase25.584E5 Small v224.685LaBSE24.4

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Embeddings & Retrieval#114 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen×2.2—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBOpenNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16×2.2—$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.7 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+89%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterE5 Large v2unstatedOpen+42%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GBBetterBge Large En v1.5unstatedOpen+26%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 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
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English49#114
BEIR · Mean over task types · English49#114
BEIR · Retrieval · English49#114
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)67.9#40
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)47.8#36
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English73.3#20
ChemTEB · Clustering · English33.4#39
ChemTEB · Classification · English79.9#36
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.1#37
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)52.4#47
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian25.9#118
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese20.5#96
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese63.7#93
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English40.7#66
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English40.7#66
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English40.7#66
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German40.3#63
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German39.1#64
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German50.2#93
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German48.4#159
MTEB German v1 · STS · German51.6#79
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German23.2#101
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German36.7#67
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German24.6#84
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)47.4#44
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)41.4#44
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)50.6#86
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.9#160
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)9#131
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)66.4#63
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)84#85
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)34.2#122
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)42.6#75
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)48.5#126
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)40.3#118
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)47.7#60
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)49.6#59
MTEB French v1 · STS · French71.5#58
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)35.4#83
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French53.3#85
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French38.7#76
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French63#103
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French55.1#142
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French29.7#99
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)34.2#76
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)24.3#83
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)44.9#81
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)4.8#99
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)2.2#154
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)44.8#144
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)15.5#98
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi54.2#123
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.8#128
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean34.2#88
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean23#90
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean7.4#125
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch39.9#84
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch48.2#81
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch37.3#83
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch47.8#87
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch29#100
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch63.4#79
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch20.2#98
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch80.2#115
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch59.3#110
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over tasks · Polish47.8#54
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over task types · Polish47.9#56
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish42.6#88
MTEB Polish v1 · Clustering · Polish24.6#79
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish56.2#77
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish68.1#83
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese17.7#155
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)39.3#98
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)39.3#98
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)39.3#98
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)38.6#76
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)32.4#82
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)41.5#78
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English33.2#162
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese22.6#125
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.9#160
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.9#160
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.9#160
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)65.7#54
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish39.6#87
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish59#120
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish39.1#76
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish74.5#62
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.5#145
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.2#172
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)44.7#72
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)46.8#66
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)49.1#91
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)43.9#71
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)29#129
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)65.4#87
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian26.4#76
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian26.9#75
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian30.8#113
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian13.8#145
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian23.8#106
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian26.8#106
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian43.5#96
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian4.2#80
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian45.5#185
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)20#132
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German19.7#134
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)31#144
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)44.5#71
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)38#70
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)37.5#124
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)59.9#80
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)48.1#103
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)39.4#99
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)15.1#132
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)28#106
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.9#160
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)44.4#117
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)72.1#113

FAQ

How much does E5 Small v2 cost?›

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

Is E5 Small v2 free to use?›

There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

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

#114 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is E5 Small v2 better than Text2vec Base Chinese Paraphrase?›

On MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German, E5 Small v2 scores 24.6 vs 25.5 — about the same.

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

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

Is E5 Small v2 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run E5 Small v2 locally?›

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

What is E5 Small v2?›

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

What are the best alternatives to E5 Small v2?›

Multilingual E5 Large (better), Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16 (open weights).