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E5 Small

Feb 2024
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45.1MTEB English v2
Feb 2024released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
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1Harrier OSS v1 27B79.92KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251177.93Seed1.6 Embedding 121576.74Qwen 3 Embedding 8B745Harrier OSS v1 0.6B73.9
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123Ru En RoSBERTa46.8124E5 Small46.6125Wartortle46.6

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Embeddings & Retrieval#128 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+31%—$0.002Languages: not verified+1OpenKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511+67%——Languages: not verified+1iBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+6%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+59%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+44%—$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

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English46#128
BEIR · Mean over task types · English46#128
BEIR · Retrieval · English46#128
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)68.3#36
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)47.2#38
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English70.6#30
ChemTEB · Clustering · English30.5#45
ChemTEB · Classification · English80.6#31
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.1#45
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)54.1#43
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian23#124
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese11.9#137
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese47#145
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English36.6#96
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English36.6#96
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English36.6#96
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German39.5#69
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German38.7#67
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German48.1#116
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German48.7#152
MTEB German v1 · STS · German55.4#64
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German22#105
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German36#71
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German22#98
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)49.7#97
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.5#101
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)10.5#124
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)83.3#97
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)32.2#133
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)40.2#90
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)49.1#116
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)42.5#107
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)48.1#58
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)50.6#55
MTEB French v1 · STS · French73.3#49
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)37.3#75
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French52.9#88
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French36.8#82
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French67.6#83
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French55.2#140
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.8#44
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)31.7#109
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)21.8#106
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)42.4#112
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)3.4#118
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)3.2#141
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)36.8#167
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)10.8#124
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi52.6#147
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.7#133
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean19.7#139
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean6.9#127
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch39.4#88
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch48.1#82
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch37.5#82
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch46.5#94
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch29#99
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch62.9#82
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch19.4#99
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch82.9#96
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch58.3#124
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over tasks · Polish48.4#51
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over task types · Polish48.7#51
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish41.7#96
MTEB Polish v1 · Clustering · Polish24.8#78
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish56.1#80
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish72#78
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese19#111
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)37.8#107
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)37.8#107
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)37.8#107
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)37.9#82
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)30.3#92
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)41.3#79
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English33.4#156
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese16.4#163
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-1.5#101
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-1.5#101
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-1.5#101
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish40.9#77
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish61.1#96
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish39.2#75
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish76.6#52
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.3#158
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.3#168
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)44.4#76
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)46.9#65
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)48.8#98
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)43.4#75
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)28.5#133
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)66.7#74
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian20.8#98
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian21.7#98
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian25.3#141
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian13.8#143
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian10.4#145
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian24.3#161
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian30.1#127
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian1.2#94
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian46.9#170
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)22.4#124
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German20.5#130
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)29.5#154
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)36.3#128
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)46.6#124
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)36.3#124
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)15.2#131
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)28.1#105
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.5#101
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)39.3#142
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)73#99

FAQ

How much does E5 Small cost?›

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

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

#128 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is E5 Small better than Ru En RoSBERTa?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages), E5 Small scores 46.6 vs 46.8 — about the same.

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

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

Is E5 Small open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run E5 Small locally?›

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

What is E5 Small?›

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

What are the best alternatives to E5 Small?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 (open weights).