OpenAI model product
text-embedding-3-small
text-embedding-3-small is an OpenAI embedding model ranked by MTEB.
Updated Sep 8, 2026. Default version: text-embedding-3-small
LLMBoard Embedding Score54.0text-embedding-3-small
Coverage75%4 benchmark families
Context window8.2KTokens
Official input priceN/AOfficial price unavailable
text-embedding-3-small Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
text-embedding-3-small Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for text-embedding-3-small.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkMTEB English v2 Retrieval | Score53.48% | Rank77 | Participants212 | Percentile63.98% | EvidenceA | EvaluatedN/A |
| BenchmarkMTEB English v2 Clustering | Score47.46% | Rank83 | Participants217 | Percentile62.04% | EvidenceA | EvaluatedN/A |
| BenchmarkMTEB English v2 Semantic Similarity | Score81.35% | Rank96 | Participants211 | Percentile54.76% | EvidenceA | EvaluatedN/A |
| BenchmarkMTEB English v2 Classification | Score77.56% | Rank174 | Participants257 | Percentile32.42% | EvidenceA | EvaluatedN/A |
text-embedding-3-small Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
No Arena results
The default version does not have a matching Arena result yet.
text-embedding-3-small Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- N/A
- Official provider
- N/A
- Lowest third-party
- N/A
- Tracked offerings
- 0
No provider prices
The default version has no current input or output token prices.
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
text-embedding-3-small Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for text-embedding-3-small. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
No runtime data
No provider-specific speed or latency record is linked to the default version yet.
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
text-embedding-3-small Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- text-embedding-3-small
- Released
- Jan 25, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Parameters
- N/A
- Context window
- 8.2K
- Max output
- N/A
- Inputs
- text
- Outputs
- embedding
- Open weights
- No
- License
- Unspecified
text-embedding-3-small Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| Versiontext-embedding-3-small | Released | LLMBoard53.97 | ParametersN/A | Context8.2K | Max outputN/A | Open weightsNo | LicenseUnspecified |
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What is text-embedding-3-small?
Key information about text-embedding-3-small and its available data.
text-embedding-3-small is an embedding model from OpenAI. It is ranked by MTEB.
Data as of 2026-09-08.
FAQ
Common questions about text-embedding-3-small.
When was text-embedding-3-small released?
text-embedding-3-small's default version was released on Jan 25, 2024.
How much does text-embedding-3-small cost?
No official standard PAYG price is currently available for text-embedding-3-small.
Who created text-embedding-3-small?
text-embedding-3-small was created by OpenAI.
What is the context window for text-embedding-3-small?
The default version has a 8.2K token context window.
Is text-embedding-3-small open weight?
No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.