M3e Small measured on 3 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks3
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49MTEB German v1
Jun 2023released
512Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
zhLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GB
OpenGte Qwen2 7B Instructunstated+33%——Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+8%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GB
BetterNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+4%—$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.7 GB
BetterJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+15%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBiMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+8%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+4%—$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.7 GBJina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen+15%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1
Text Embedding 3 Smallunstated+11%—$0.02Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Gte Qwen2 7B InstructunstatedOpen+33%——Languages: not verified+1aGerman Semantic STS v2unstatedOpen+29%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GBGte Qwen1.5 7B InstructunstatedOpen+27%——Languages: not verified+1cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+21%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GBcF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+21%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 2.4 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
mM3e LargeOpensame——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GBmM3e BaseOpensame——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBAll 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 Small cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is M3e Small free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is M3e Small, and what is it best at?›
#132 of 170 in Embeddings.
Is M3e Small better than E5 Base?›
On MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German, M3e Small scores 49 vs 49 — about the same.
When was M3e Small released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2023-06-02. It is the current version in its line.
Is M3e Small open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (https://huggingface.co/moka-ai/m3e-base#%F0%9F%93%9C-license licence).
Can I run M3e Small locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is M3e Small?›
M3e Small is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from moka-ai, released Jun 2023.
What are the best alternatives to M3e Small?›
Multilingual E5 Large (better), Gte Qwen2 7B Instruct (open weights).