Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano

Feb 2026
Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano
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$0.02per 1M tokens
58.8MTEB English v2
Feb 2026released
768Dimensions
8K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Nemotron 3 Embed 8B Legal702Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF1669.83F2LLM v2 14B67.24Llama Embed Nemotron 8B675Qwen 3 Embedding 8B66.8
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18Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.062.719Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano62.420EmbeddingGemma 300M61.7

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Embeddings & Retrieval#32 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+7%-50%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBmOpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B Legal+12%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.8 GBCheaperEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpensame-90%$0.002Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1CheaperNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open-2%-25%$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.7 GBCheaperBge M3unstatedOpen-4%-50%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 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
LicenceCC BY-NC 4.0no commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English63.7#32
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English63.7#32
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English63.7#32
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German64.8#5
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German62.2#4
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German85.4#8
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German56.2#18
MTEB German v1 · STS · German78.1#3
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German41#7
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German57.6#7
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German55.1#3
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English0#58
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)30.8#4
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)48#22
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)60#33
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)90.1#16
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French66.7#19
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)41.4#48
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)86.4#29
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi78.8#22
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)44.7#30
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch56.1#29
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch63.6#22
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch62.4#19
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch53.4#68
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch30.9#82
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch86.4#4
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch42.1#23
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch88.8#47
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch81#15
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese20.7#61
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English41.4#45
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English0#58
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English0#58
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English0#58
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)66.8#11
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)66.7#12
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)81.7#6
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish49.1#14
MTEB Spanish v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)56.3#9
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish74.5#16
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish63.7#7
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish74.7#58
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)63.5#13
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)63.8#12
MTEB Thai v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)64.4#9
MTEB Thai v1 · Classification · Thai64.2#20
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai78.8#24
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai57#19
MTEB Thai v1 · Reranking · Thai54.4#20
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)86#4
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian64.6#19
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English64.8#39
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)50.1#44
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German57.8#53
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)61.1#31
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)53.7#38
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)65.5#16
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)57.7#15
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)52.7#24
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)78.2#10
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)69.2#14
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)63.3#28
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)41.3#4
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)67.7#49
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English0#58
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)64.6#25
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)81.9#16

FAQ

How much does Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano cost?›

$0.02 per 1M tokens.

Is Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano free to use?›

There is no free API; it costs $0.02 per 1M tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano, and what is it best at?›

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

Is Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano better than Snowflake Arctic Embed L v2.0?›

On MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch, Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano scores 62.4 vs 62.7 — about the same.

When was Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-02-17. It is the current version in its line.

Is Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (cc-by-nc-4.0 licence).

Can I run Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano locally?›

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

What is Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano?›

Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Jina AI, released Feb 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (cheaper), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B Legal (open weights).