Gemini Embedding 001

Name: Gemini Embedding 001
Brand: Google
Price: 0.15 USD
Availability: InStock

Jul 2025

Retires May 14, 2028Move to

Gemini Embedding 2Newer version

Gemini Embedding 001

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$0.15per 1M tokens

64.4MTEB English v2

Jul 2025released

3,072Dimensions

2K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1QZhou Embedding91.6 2Ingot 8B R389.3 3Jasper Token Compression 600M88.8 4Qwen 3 Embedding 4B88.7 5Qwen 3 Embedding 8B88.6

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17Nano Em1 0.6B v2.185.4 18Gemini Embedding 00185.3 19Text Embedding 00585.2

Strong at

Embeddings & Retrieval#10 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes

CheaperQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+4%-87%$0.02

BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+4%-93%$0.01 KOpenQZhou Embeddingunstated+7%——

CheaperJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+4%-87%$0.02

CheaperJina Embeddings v5 Text SmallunstatedOpen+3%-67%$0.05

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval

MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)89.8#20

MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)48.5#18

MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English5.2#12

MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)61.9#15

MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)21.3#16

MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French65#33

MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)89.3#2

MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi82.7#7

MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)62.9#4

MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)47.2#28

MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch92.7#2

MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese28#9

MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English46.1#26

FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English5.2#12

FollowIR · Mean over task types · English5.2#12

FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English5.2#12

MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)72#4

MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)72#5

MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish74.5#14

MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)83#1

MTEB Spanish v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)62.1#1

MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish54.2#9

MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish64.1#4

MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish93.8#4

MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai49.2#41

MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai84.4#8

MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)72.4#7

MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)77.2#1

MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)72.6#29

CoIR · Mean over tasks · multilingual (9 languages)73.9#22

CoIR · Mean over task types · multilingual (9 languages)73.9#22

CoIR · Retrieval · multilingual (9 languages)73.9#22

MTEB Code v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (15 languages)76#16

MTEB Code v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (15 languages)76#16

MTEB Code v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (15 languages)76#16

MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian63.9#23

RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English77.9#14

RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)58.4#13

RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German65.5#26

RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)66.5#14

RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)58.5#22

MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)68.4#9

MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)59.6#8

MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)71.8#10

MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)54.6#14

MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)79.4#6

MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)83.6#10

MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)67.7#11

MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)79.3#11

MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English5.2#12

MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)29.2#11

MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)65.6#19

FAQ

How much does Gemini Embedding 001 cost?›

$0.15 per 1M tokens.

Is Gemini Embedding 001 free to use?›

There is no free API; it costs $0.15 per 1M tokens.

How good is Gemini Embedding 001, and what is it best at?›

#10 of 200 in Embeddings. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.

Is Gemini Embedding 001 better than Nano Em1 0.6B v2.1?›

On MTEB English v2 · STS · English, Gemini Embedding 001 scores 85.3 vs 85.4 — about the same.

When was Gemini Embedding 001 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-07-14. It has been superseded by Gemini Embedding 2.

Is Gemini Embedding 001 open source?›

No, Gemini Embedding 001 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is QZhou Embedding.

What is Gemini Embedding 001?›

Gemini Embedding 001 is a closed embeddings & retrieval model from Google, released Jul 2025.

What are the best alternatives to Gemini Embedding 001?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 4B (cheaper), Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), QZhou Embedding (open weights).