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text-embedding-3-small

by OpenAI · paid · Last verified 2026-04-24

OpenAI's text-embedding-3-small offers a cost-optimized embedding model producing 1536-dimensional vectors. Despite its smaller size, it outperforms the older ada-002 model on most benchmarks. It is widely used for production RAG systems where cost per embedding is a key constraint.

https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings
C
CBelow Average
Adoption: C+Quality: B+Freshness: ACitations: CEngagement: F

Specifications

License
Proprietary
Pricing
paid
Capabilities
Integrations
Use Cases
API Available
No
Parameters
Undisclosed
Context Window
8K tokens
Modalities
text
Training Cutoff
Late 2023
Tags
embeddings, openai, cost-efficient, rag, production
Added
2026-04-24
Completeness
60%

Index Score

44
Adoption
50
Quality
70
Freshness
80
Citations
40
Engagement
0

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