Text Embedding 004

Name: Text Embedding 004
Brand: Google

Apr 2024

Text Embedding 004

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59.1MTEB English v2

Apr 2024released

2K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF1677.2 2Dinghy Law 8B v177.1 3Voyage 4 Large76.9 4Most Embed De76.2 5Octen Embedding 8B74.1

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61KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini Instruct v148.8 62Text Embedding 00448.6 63Solon Embeddings Large 0.148.2

Strong at

Embeddings & Retrieval#30 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes

BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+38%—$0.01

OpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16+59%——iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+5%—$0.01Max input: 2K tokens → 1K tokens

BetterNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+51%—$0.015 VBetterVoyage 4 Lite+39%—$0.02

History

2 versions

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 KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini Instruct v1?›

On RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German, Text Embedding 004 scores 48.6 vs 48.8 — 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 Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16.

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), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16 (open weights).