Text Embedding Ada 002
Dec 2022
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Text Embedding Ada 002 measured on 18 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks18
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Retrieval11
Other7
No benchmark matches
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+27%-90%$0.01
BetterBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+8%-95%$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens
OpenNV Embed v2unstated+28%——CheaperBge En IclunstatedOpen+26%-90%$0.01CheaperQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+25%-80%$0.02ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+27%-90%$0.01Bge En IclunstatedOpen+26%-90%$0.01Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+25%-80%$0.02iE5 Mistral 7B InstructunstatedOpen+16%-78%$0.022
Text Embedding 005unstated+13%-75%$0.025Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Bge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+8%-95%$0.005Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+27%-90%$0.01Bge En IclunstatedOpen+26%-90%$0.01Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+13%-90%$0.01Bge Large En v1.5unstatedOpen+10%-90%$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
NV Embed v2unstatedOpen+28%——Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+27%-90%$0.01Bge En IclunstatedOpen+26%-90%$0.01yLENS D8000unstatedOpen+26%——iInf Retriever v1unstatedOpen+25%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Text Embedding 3 Largeunstated+13%+30%$0.13Text Embedding 3 Smallunstated+4%-80%$0.02All OpenAI models →Benchmarks
in Embeddings & RetrievalBEIR · Mean over tasks · English49.2#111
BEIR · Retrieval · English49.2#111
FAQ
How much does Text Embedding Ada 002 cost?›
$0.10 per 1M tokens.
Is Text Embedding Ada 002 free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.1 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Text Embedding Ada 002, and what is it best at?›
#97 of 238 in Embeddings.
Is Text Embedding Ada 002 better than Granite Embedding 311M Multilingual R2?›
On BEIR · Mean over task types · English, Text Embedding Ada 002 scores 49.2 vs 49.3 — about the same.
How can I use Text Embedding Ada 002?›
Through the OpenAI API.
When was Text Embedding Ada 002 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2022-12-15. It is the current version in its line.
Is Text Embedding Ada 002 open source?›
No, Text Embedding Ada 002 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is NV Embed v2.
What is Text Embedding Ada 002?›
Text Embedding Ada 002 is a closed embeddings & retrieval model from OpenAI, released Dec 2022.
What are the best alternatives to Text Embedding Ada 002?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (cheaper), Bge Base En v1.5 (better), NV Embed v2 (open weights).