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| 3 models | openaiOpenAI: Text Embedding 3 SmallRemove × | BAAIbge-m3-multi-8kRemove × | voyageaiVoyageAI by MongoDB: voyage-4-liteRemove × |
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| What’s different | text-embedding-3-small is OpenAI's improved, more performant version of the ada embedding model. Embeddings are a numerical representation of text that can be used to measure the relatedness between two… | BGE-M3 is a multilingual text embedding model developed by BAAI, distinguished by its Multi-Linguality (supporting 100+ languages), Multi-Functionality (unified dense, multi-vector, and sparse retrieval),… | voyage-4-lite is a lightweight, general-purpose embedding model optimized for low latency and cost. Enabled by Matryoshka learning and quantization-aware training, voyage-4-lite supports embeddings in 2048,… |
| Date | Oct 30, 2025Listed | Sep 3, 2026Listed | Jul 27, 2026Listed |
API prices USD · provider configuration shown below | |||
| Listed rate | $0.02 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokensOpenRouter · all routes ↗ | See provider quotes | $0.02 in / $0.00 out/ 1M tokensOpenRouter · all routes ↗ |
| Provider endpoints | 1 endpoint → | 0 endpoints → | 1 endpoint → |
Specifications | |||
| Context window | 8.2K | 8.2K | 32K |
| Max output | 7.4K | — | 28.8K |
| Parameters | — | — | — |