text-embedding-3-small
Embedding
Cheaper 2024 OpenAI embedding model with strong retrieval quality. Default choice for cost-sensitive RAG.
text-embedding-3-small is a embedding AI model from OpenAI. It costs $0.020 per million input tokens, with a 8,000-token context window.
INPUT
$0.020/M
per million input tokens
OUTPUT
—
per million output tokens
CONTEXT
8,000
tokens
Benchmarks
No published benchmark scores tracked for this model yet. Frontier and reasoning models from major providers have scores; smaller models and inference-host variants typically inherit the underlying open-weights score.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does text-embedding-3-small cost?
text-embedding-3-small costs $0.020 per million input tokens.
What is text-embedding-3-small's context window?
text-embedding-3-small supports up to 8,000 tokens of context in a single request.
What is text-embedding-3-small best for?
Cheaper 2024 OpenAI embedding model with strong retrieval quality. Default choice for cost-sensitive RAG.
Who makes text-embedding-3-small?
text-embedding-3-small is developed and served by OpenAI. It was released in Jan 2024.