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German Semantic STS v2

Nov 2022
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17.8MTEB English v2
Nov 2022released
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Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English17.9#184
BEIR · Mean over task types · English17.9#184
BEIR · Retrieval · English17.9#184
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian18.9#138
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese10.5#150
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese26#158
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English17.7#156
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English17.7#156
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English17.7#156
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German53.2#25
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German52.2#25
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German67.2#37
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German63.2#3
MTEB German v1 · STS · German68.5#38
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German29.5#50
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German47.2#34
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German37.3#55
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)41.2#56
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)36.2#56
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)47.6#111
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.5#149
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)9.9#127
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)63.5#71
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)78.1#139
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)28.7#143
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)26.8#133
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)37.5#160
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)36.4#127
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)39.8#84
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)42.4#85
MTEB French v1 · STS · French66.1#81
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)17.6#119
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French50.5#102
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French33.1#96
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French45.1#126
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French54.5#151
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30#93
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)31.2#117
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)20.9#116
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)42.4#111
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)5#95
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)4.2#133
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)33.3#180
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)6.6#140
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi51.4#166
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.4#143
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean1.9#105
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean18.8#153
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean4.7#147
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch69.7#179
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over tasks · Polish45.4#70
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over task types · Polish44.5#76
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish43.2#81
MTEB Polish v1 · Clustering · Polish23.6#83
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish46.5#119
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish64.7#103
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese18.9#119
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)34.6#129
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)34.6#129
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)34.6#129
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)16.3#127
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)17#127
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)14.5#129
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English29#204
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese7.7#201
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.5#149
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.5#149
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.5#149
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)61#64
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish35.1#107
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish58.2#127
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish16.9#130
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish68.2#78
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai52.8#114
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai4.4#123
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)37.4#112
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)37.9#110
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)47.4#132
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)20.8#125
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)29.6#127
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)54#173
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian18.4#102
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian19.9#104
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian23.1#143
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian14.7#138
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian9.1#152
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian26.8#105
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian16#135
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian0.9#98
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian48.3#149
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)5.2#182
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German44#87
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)32.7#129
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)38.3#87
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)32.4#87
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)33.2#137
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)53.3#98
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)44.2#141
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)21.8#164
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)15.7#124
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)22.9#135
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.5#149
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)31.7#172
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.7#129

FAQ

How much does German Semantic STS v2 cost?›

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

Is German Semantic STS v2 free to use?›

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

How good is German Semantic STS v2, and what is it best at?›

#184 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is German Semantic STS v2 better than Ru En RoSBERTa?›

On MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages), German Semantic STS v2 scores 41.2 vs 42 — about the same.

When was German Semantic STS v2 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2022-11-17. It is the current version in its line.

Is German Semantic STS v2 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open.

Can I run German Semantic STS v2 locally?›

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

What is German Semantic STS v2?›

German Semantic STS v2 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from aari1995, released Nov 2022.

What are the best alternatives to German Semantic STS v2?›

E5 Base v2 (better), Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (open weights).