M3e Base measured on 7 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks7
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48.3MTEB German v1
Jun 2023released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
en, zhLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+32%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1KOpenQZhou Embedding Zh+52%——Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+27%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1
BetterJina Embeddings v5 Text SmallunstatedOpen+14%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+32%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+27%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1Jina Embeddings v5 Text SmallunstatedOpen+14%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1
Bge Multilingual Gemma2unstatedOpen+15%—$0.11Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
KQZhou Embedding ZhOpen+52%——Languages: not verified+1KQZhou EmbeddingunstatedOpen+49%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.2 GB
Youtu EmbeddingOpen+43%——Languages: loses en+1Gte Qwen2 7B InstructunstatedOpen+35%——Languages: not verified+1lXiaobu Embedding v2Open+33%——Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
mM3e LargeOpensame——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.2 GBmM3e SmallOpenn/a——Languages: loses enAll moka-ai models →Run it yourself
estimateFits 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
Licencehttps://huggingface.co/moka-ai/m3e-base#%F0%9F%93%9C-licensecommercial use with conditions
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in Embeddings & RetrievalFAQ
How much does M3e Base cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is M3e Base free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is M3e Base, and what is it best at?›
#160 of 175 in Embeddings.
Is M3e Base better than E5 Mistral 7B Instruct?›
On MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · STS · Mandarin Chinese, M3e Base scores 48.2 vs 48.3 — about the same.
When was M3e Base released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2023-06-06. It is the current version in its line.
Is M3e Base open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (https://huggingface.co/moka-ai/m3e-base#%F0%9F%93%9C-license licence).
Can I run M3e Base locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is M3e Base?›
M3e Base is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from moka-ai, released Jun 2023.
What are the best alternatives to M3e Base?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), QZhou Embedding Zh (open weights).