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Text Embedding 3 Small

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Text Embedding 3 Small is OpenAI logoOpenAI's embedding model with a 8K context window, available from 4 providers, starting at $0.020 / 1M input and $N/A / 1M output. A compact, cost-efficient text embedding model offering improved performance over Ada for measuring text relatedness in English and multilingual contexts.
Spec
Canonical IDopenai-text-embedding-3-small
TypeEmbedding
StatusDeprecating
CreatorOpenAIOpenAI
Providers
Context Window8K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Embedding Dimensions1536
Release Date · 2 years ago
Deprecation Date

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

ProviderStandardBatch
Input
$ / 1M
Input
$ / 1M
Azure AI Foundry logo
Azure AI Foundry
text-embedding-3-small
$0.020$0.010
GitHub Models logo
GitHub Models
text-embedding-3-small
$0.020$0.010
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
text-embedding-3-small
$0.020$0.010
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
openai/text-embedding-3-small
$0.020

Cost Calculator

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Compares every provider & tier in USD

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Text Embedding 3 Small8K$0.020$0.000Current
Text Embedding 3 Small Inference8KAvailable

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ModelTierReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1M
Text Embedding 0052K$0.025$0.000
Embed 4128K$0.120$0.470
Embed 4128K$0.120$0.000
NV Embed QA 4$0.100$0.100
Text Embedding 42K$0.100$0.000
Voyage 432K$0.060$0.000
Voyage 4 Large32K$0.120$0.000
Voyage 4 Lite32K$0.020$0.000
Text Embedding 3.7 Large Exp8K$0.100$0.000
Voyage 3.532K$0.060$0.000

Model IDs