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Voyage Large 2 Instruct

May 2024
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$0.12per 1M tokens
91.3MTEB English v2
May 2024released
16K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Gemini Embedding 2 Preview91.72Harrier OSS v1 27B863KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251183.84Harrier OSS v1 0.6B82.85Llama Embed Nemotron 8B81.7
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85STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v247.686Voyage Large 2 Instruct46.887Paraphrase Multilingual MiniLM L12 v244.6

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+73%-92%$0.01BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+37%-98%$0.002Max input: 16K tokens → 2K tokensOpenHarrier OSS v1 27B+84%——iCheaperMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+71%-92%$0.01Max input: 16K tokens → 1K tokensCheaperQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+69%-83%$0.02

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BRIGHT · Mean over tasks · English17.6#9
BRIGHT · Mean over task types · English17.6#9
BRIGHT · Retrieval · English17.6#9
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese50.5#31
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German70.5#23
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German55.6#16
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)74#18
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)78.2#84
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)87#41
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French64.3#37
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)13.8#60
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)73.1#92
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi59.4#99
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)6.9#117
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)12.4#99
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch87.7#63
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish81.2#43
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish61.9#26
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese17.2#161
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English39.3#55
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese79.6#49
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish64.2#65
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai27.3#97
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai60.3#98
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)59.7#18
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)59.1#19
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)43.3#22
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)61.7#28
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)69.2#15
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)62.3#119
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian63.8#31
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian57.6#30
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian56.4#73
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian38.6#33
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)34.2#82
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)70.1#51
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)77.8#57
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)46.8#86

FAQ

How much does Voyage Large 2 Instruct cost?›

$0.12 per 1M tokens.

Is Voyage Large 2 Instruct free to use?›

There is no free API; it costs $0.12 per 1M tokens.

How good is Voyage Large 2 Instruct, and what is it best at?›

#4 of 238 in Embeddings.

Is Voyage Large 2 Instruct better than STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages), Voyage Large 2 Instruct scores 46.8 vs 47.6 — about the same.

When was Voyage Large 2 Instruct released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-05-05. It is the current version in its line.

Is Voyage Large 2 Instruct open source?›

No, Voyage Large 2 Instruct is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Harrier OSS v1 27B.

What is Voyage Large 2 Instruct?›

Voyage Large 2 Instruct is a closed embeddings & retrieval model from Voyage AI (MongoDB), released May 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Voyage Large 2 Instruct?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (cheaper), EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Harrier OSS v1 27B (open weights).