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Gte Micro

Apr 2024
MGte Micro
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27.7MTEB English v2
Apr 2024released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Qwen 3 Embedding 4B89.92Qwen 3 Embedding 8B89.83Alpha Sts v087.64F2LLM v2 14B86.65F2LLM v2 8B86
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63All MiniLM L12 v238.664Gte Micro37.565Ternary Weight Embedding36.2

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Embeddings & Retrieval#167 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+25%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBOpenQwen 3 Embedding 4Bunstated×2.4—$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 2.4 GBiBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+7%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×2.4—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen×2.3—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 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
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English28.1#167
BEIR · Mean over task types · English28.1#167
BEIR · Retrieval · English28.1#167
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian23.1#123
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese13.1#123
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese53.3#130
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English27.1#137
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English27.1#137
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English27.1#137
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German30.9#86
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German30#86
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German14#130
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German7#98
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German49.6#94
MTEB German v1 · STS · German47#95
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49.3#109
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German13#128
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)40.8#54
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)35.5#54
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)28.3#117
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)62.3#64
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)25.7#154
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)48.3#104
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)29.6#140
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.8#118
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)80#115
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)39.8#152
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)7.6#143
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)37.7#86
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)40.2#87
MTEB French v1 · STS · French63.8#83
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)14#117
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French41.7#121
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French31.3#100
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French49.4#106
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French28#142
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French53.4#168
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)30.3#117
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)20.6#114
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)41.4#123
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)5.2#139
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)2.2#143
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)38.2#163
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi51.8#160
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)3#143
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)2.6#177
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean37.5#64
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean9.6#109
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean22.3#95
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch67.3#184
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish63.7#104
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish38.5#124
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish50.8#98
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese14.3#190
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)26.4#145
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)26.4#145
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)26.4#145
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)21.3#120
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)21.9#115
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)19.8#124
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English31.4#183
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese14.6#164
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-1.8#118
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-1.8#118
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-1.8#118
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish57.5#132
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)59.4#62
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish36#101
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish17.6#127
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai2.8#185
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51#173
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)23.7#147
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)47.8#117
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)60.6#136
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian20.6#100
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian21.5#100
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian25.4#135
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian28.5#127
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian12.3#142
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian12#155
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian45.8#180
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian0.3#109
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian26.2#112
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)5.5#176
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German8.2#187
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)24.7#178
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)39.4#81
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)33.2#81
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)45.3#134
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)34.5#134
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)55.1#94
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.4#140
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)26.2#153
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)19.4#155
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.8#118
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)13.5#157
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)35.2#158

FAQ

How much does Gte Micro cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.

Is Gte Micro free to use?›

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

How good is Gte Micro, and what is it best at?›

#167 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Gte Micro better than All MiniLM L12 v2?›

On MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean, Gte Micro scores 37.5 vs 38.6 — lower.

When was Gte Micro released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-04-21. It is the current version in its line.

Is Gte Micro open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Gte Micro locally?›

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

What is Gte Micro?›

Gte Micro is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Mihaiii, released Apr 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Gte Micro?›

Bge Base En v1.5 (better), Qwen 3 Embedding 4B (open weights).