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Gte Small

Jul 2023
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50.3MTEB English v2
Jul 2023released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
enLanguages

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1Octen Embedding 8B77.62Octen Law 8B v177.43Octen Embedding 8B INT877.24MoD Embedding74.35Octen Embedding 4B73.9
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137E5 Small v231138Gte Small31139Mmlw E5 Large30.9

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Embeddings & Retrieval#104 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×2.2—$0.01Languages: not verified+1OOpenOcten Embedding 8B×2.5——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+47%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBBetterBge M3unstatedOpen+44%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+23%—$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 · English49.5#106
BEIR · Mean over task types · English49.5#106
BEIR · Retrieval · English49.5#106
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian30.4#108
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese18#106
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese63.4#90
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English34.5#103
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English34.5#103
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English34.5#103
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German40.1#58
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German39.1#58
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German24.1#92
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German38#53
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German48.3#109
MTEB German v1 · STS · German50.2#80
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49.4#103
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German24.4#86
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)38.8#84
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)33.1#134
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)50.1#92
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)35.6#105
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.6#107
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)83.3#82
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)51#100
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)12.2#106
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)49.1#53
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)50.8#51
MTEB French v1 · STS · French70.7#57
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)37.4#69
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French67.2#78
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French42.1#49
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French52.2#88
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French29.8#92
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French56.4#121
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)31.5#107
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)21.8#103
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)42.2#108
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)10.4#120
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)2.1#145
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)42.7#148
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi50.5#176
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)1.9#154
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)2.7#174
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean10.3#104
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean21.7#102
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch79#125
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish66.1#83
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish40.8#100
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish59.5#52
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese18.6#128
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)39.9#85
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)39.9#85
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)39.9#85
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)38.5#74
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)33#74
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)40.8#78
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English36.4#87
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese21.8#128
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-1.6#107
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-1.6#107
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-1.6#107
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish59#119
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish41#76
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish35.8#85
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.6#147
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.1#159
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)32.1#110
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)47.7#119
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)61.1#132
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian26.2#78
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian27#74
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian29.3#117
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian41.1#102
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian24.2#104
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian15.4#125
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian45.2#186
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian7.5#71
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian26.3#109
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)18.5#134
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German14.7#151
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)31#138
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)47.3#115
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)40.3#94
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.4#139
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)36#123
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)23.9#125
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.6#107
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16.3#111
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)45.8#110

FAQ

How much does Gte Small cost?›

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

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

#104 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Gte Small better than E5 Small v2?›

On RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages), Gte Small scores 31 vs 31 — about the same.

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

Released 2023-07-27. It is the current version in its line.

Is Gte Small open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Gte Small locally?›

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

What is Gte Small?›

Gte Small is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from thenlper, released Jul 2023.

What are the best alternatives to Gte Small?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Octen Embedding 8B (open weights).