Text Embedding 004

Apr 2024
Text Embedding 004
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59.1MTEB English v2
Apr 2024released
2K tokensMax input

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1Voyage 3 M Exp68.12Conan Embedding v266.43NV Embed v263.24Qwen 3 Embedding 8B62.85Bge En Icl62.2
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38Snowflake Arctic Embed M v2.055.539Text Embedding 00455.540Text Embedding 3 Large55.4

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Embeddings & Retrieval#30 of 200

History

2 versions
55.555.655.755.8Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Release dateBEIR (task avg)004005
55.555.655.755.8Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Release dateBEIR (task avg)004005

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English55.5#39
BEIR · Mean over task types · English55.5#39
BEIR · Retrieval · English55.5#39
BRIGHT · Mean over tasks · English19.5#6
BRIGHT · Mean over task types · English19.5#6
BRIGHT · Retrieval · English19.5#6
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English2.3#23
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English35.9#101
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English2.3#23
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English2.3#23
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English2.3#23
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English72.9#22
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German48.6#62
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)46.6#58
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English2.3#23

FAQ

How much does Text Embedding 004 cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.

How good is Text Embedding 004, and what is it best at?›

#30 of 200 in Embeddings. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.

Is Text Embedding 004 better than Snowflake Arctic Embed M v2.0?›

On BEIR · Mean over tasks · English, Text Embedding 004 scores 55.5 vs 55.5 — about the same.

When was Text Embedding 004 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-04-09. It is the current version in its line.

Is Text Embedding 004 open source?›

No, Text Embedding 004 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is NV Embed v2.

What is Text Embedding 004?›

Text Embedding 004 is a closed embeddings & retrieval model from Google, released Apr 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Text Embedding 004?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), NV Embed v2 (open weights).