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+29%-90%$0.01KOpenQZhou Embedding Zh+46%——CheaperQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+28%-80%$0.02CheaperQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+17%-90%$0.01
CheaperJina Embeddings v5 Text SmallunstatedOpen+8%-50%$0.05ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+29%-90%$0.01Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+28%-80%$0.02Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+17%-90%$0.01Jina Embeddings v5 Text SmallunstatedOpen+8%-50%$0.05Jina Embeddings v3unstatedOpen+3%-50%$0.05ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+29%-90%$0.01Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+17%-90%$0.01Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+28%-80%$0.02Jina Embeddings v5 Text SmallunstatedOpen+8%-50%$0.05
Bge Multilingual Gemma2unstatedOpen+22%+12%$0.11ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
KQZhou Embedding ZhOpen+46%——KQZhou EmbeddingunstatedOpen+46%——
Youtu EmbeddingOpen+32%——Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensqZhinao ChineseModernBert EmbeddingOpen+32%——Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensrRitrieve Zh v1Open+32%——Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Text Embedding 3 Largeunstatedn/a—$0.13Text Embedding 3 Smallunstatedn/a—$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 Bge Small Zh?›
On MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Pair Classification · Mandarin Chinese, Text Embedding Ada 002 scores 65.2 vs 65.4 — 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 QZhou Embedding Zh.
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), QZhou Embedding Zh (open weights).