M3e Large measured on 7 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks7
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Retrieval4
Other3
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self-host onlyprice
49.2MTEB German v1
Jun 2023released
1,024Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
en, zhLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.3 GB
OpenGte Qwen2 7B Instructunstated+33%——Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+8%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.3 GB
BetterJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+14%—$0.02Languages: not verified
BetterText Embedding 3 Smallunstated+11%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.3 GBiMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+8%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.3 GBJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+14%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedText Embedding 3 Smallunstated+11%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedVVoyage 3 Liteunstated+7%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Gte Qwen2 7B InstructunstatedOpen+33%——Languages: not verified+1aGerman Semantic STS v2unstatedOpen+28%——Languages: loses en, zhGte Qwen1.5 7B InstructunstatedOpen+26%——Languages: not verified+1cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+20%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+20%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 2.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
mM3e SmallOpensame——Languages: loses enmM3e BaseOpensame——All 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 Large cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is M3e Large free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is M3e Large, and what is it best at?›
#113 of 170 in Embeddings.
Is M3e Large better than Bge Small Zh v1.5?›
On MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German, M3e Large scores 49.2 vs 49.2 — about the same.
When was M3e Large released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2023-06-21. It is the current version in its line.
Is M3e Large open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (https://huggingface.co/moka-ai/m3e-base#%F0%9F%93%9C-license licence).
Can I run M3e Large locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is M3e Large?›
M3e Large is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from moka-ai, released Jun 2023.
What are the best alternatives to M3e Large?›
Multilingual E5 Large (better), Gte Qwen2 7B Instruct (open weights).