Multilingual E5 Small Ko measured on 13 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks13
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41.6MTEB Thai v1
May 2025released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
en, koLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+25%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1NOpenKo Embed Cls+53%——Languages: loses en+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+25%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1iMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+13%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+10%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+22%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
NKo Embed ClsOpen+53%——Languages: loses en+1SPwC Embedding ExprOpen+32%——Languages: loses en+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+25%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+22%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+22%—$0.02Languages: not verified+1Run 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
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does Multilingual E5 Small Ko cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.
How good is Multilingual E5 Small Ko, and what is it best at?›
#62 of 192 in Embeddings.
Is Multilingual E5 Small Ko better than KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini Instruct v1?›
On MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean, Multilingual E5 Small Ko scores 55.3 vs 55.4 — about the same.
When was Multilingual E5 Small Ko released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-05-11. It is the current version in its line.
Is Multilingual E5 Small Ko open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Multilingual E5 Small Ko locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Multilingual E5 Small Ko?›
Multilingual E5 Small Ko is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from dragonkue, released May 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Multilingual E5 Small Ko?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Ko Embed Cls (open weights).