Text Embedding 3 Large

Jan 2024
Text Embedding 3 Large
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$0.13per 1M tokens
58MTEB English v2
Jan 2024released
3,072Dimensions
8K tokensMax input

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1Seed1.6 Embedding 121586.42Qwen 3 Embedding 8B84.43Gte Qwen2 7B Instruct83.84Gte Qwen1.5 7B Instruct83.55Octen Embedding 8B82
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44Multilingual E5 Large Instruct68.845Text Embedding 3 Large68.746BidirLM Omni 2.5B Embedding68.7

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Embeddings & Retrieval#39 of 200

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English55.4#40
BEIR · Mean over task types · English55.4#40
BEIR · Retrieval · English55.4#40
BRIGHT · Mean over tasks · English17.6#10
BRIGHT · Mean over task types · English17.6#10
BRIGHT · Retrieval · English17.6#10
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)75.9#4
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)56.8#3
ChemTEB · Classification · English85.9#5
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English72.9#22
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)64.9#7
ChemTEB · Clustering · English59.9#2
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.6#8
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese50.4#33
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese82.5#24
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English52.4#44
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English52.4#44
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English52.4#44
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German57.8#10
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)59.4#9
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)88#37
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)62.6#16
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)44.2#43
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.7#152
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)60.2#28
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)15.7#59
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French85.3#5
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French65#32
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)72#42
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)38.1#51
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)79.3#76
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi68.6#65
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)12.6#93
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)23.2#84
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch91.4#19
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish82.9#35
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish66.2#19
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese22.8#26
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)59.4#20
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)59.4#20
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)59.4#20
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (10 languages)61#18
MTEB Medical v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (10 languages)58.5#26
MTEB Medical v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (10 languages)65.1#11
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English35.2#124
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese75.1#70
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.7#152
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.7#152
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.7#152
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)68.5#7
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)68.6#8
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish68.7#45
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)78.5#20
MTEB Spanish v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)59.2#4
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish50.6#11
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish61.9#15
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish92.7#6
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai42#64
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai66.7#76
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)62.5#9
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)62.4#10
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)42.8#24
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)64.8#19
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)73.4#8
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)68.8#57
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian62.9#33
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian57.8#29
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian58.1#58
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian39.4#29
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English67.8#31
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)56.9#17
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German56.3#50
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)62.3#27
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)52.6#38
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)60.3#41
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)47.1#45
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)59.3#44
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)62.2#62
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.7#152
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)22#48
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)63.9#32

FAQ

How much does Text Embedding 3 Large cost?›

$0.13 per 1M tokens.

Is Text Embedding 3 Large free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.13 per 1M input tokens.

How good is Text Embedding 3 Large, and what is it best at?›

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

Is Text Embedding 3 Large better than Multilingual E5 Large Instruct?›

On MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish, Text Embedding 3 Large scores 68.7 vs 68.8 — about the same. It is 1,200% more expensive.

How can I use Text Embedding 3 Large?›

Through the OpenAI API.

When was Text Embedding 3 Large released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-01-25. It is the current version in its line.

Is Text Embedding 3 Large open source?›

No, Text Embedding 3 Large is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Qwen 3 Embedding 8B.

What is Text Embedding 3 Large?›

Text Embedding 3 Large is a closed embeddings & retrieval model from OpenAI, released Jan 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Text Embedding 3 Large?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (cheaper), EmbeddingGemma 300M (better).