M3e Base measured on 7 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks7
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48.3MTEB German v1
Jun 2023released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
en, zhLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+12%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GB
OpenGte Qwen2 7B Instructunstated+35%——Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GB
BetterNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+6%—$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.7 GB
BetterJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+17%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+12%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+6%—$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.7 GBJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+17%—$0.02Languages: not verified
Text Embedding 3 Smallunstated+13%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Gte Qwen2 7B InstructunstatedOpen+35%——Languages: not verified+1aGerman Semantic STS v2unstatedOpen+31%——Languages: loses en, zh+1Gte Qwen1.5 7B InstructunstatedOpen+28%——Languages: not verified+1cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+23%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+22%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
mM3e LargeOpensame——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.2 GBmM3e SmallOpensame——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?›
#155 of 170 in Embeddings.
Is M3e Base better than Sbert Large MT Nlu Ru?›
On MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German, M3e Base scores 48.3 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?›
Multilingual E5 Large (better), Gte Qwen2 7B Instruct (open weights).