Text Embedding 3 Small is OpenAI's embedding model with a 8K context window, available from 3 providers, starting at $0.02 / 1M input. A compact, cost-efficient text embedding model offering improved performance over Ada for semantic similarity and retrieval tasks.
Specifications
Canonical IDopenai-text-embedding-3-small
TypeEmbedding
StatusDeprecated
CreatorOpenAIOpenAI
Providers
Context Window8K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Embedding Dimensions1536
Release Date · 3 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

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandardBatch
Input
$ / 1M
Input
$ / 1M
Azure AI Foundry logo
Azure AI Foundry
azure/text-embedding-3-small
$0.022—
Azure AI Foundry logo
Azure AI Foundry
azure/us-gov/text-embedding-3-small
$0.025—
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
text-embedding-3-small
$0.02$0.01
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
openai/text-embedding-3-small
$0.02—

Cost Calculator

US Dollar ($)
Preset:

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
GigaChat Embeddings 9.3B—4K——Available
Embed 5 Fast128K$0.080—Deprecating
Embed 5 Pro128K$0.120—Deprecating
Text Embedding 52K$0.025—Deprecating
Embed 5 Fast Image——$0.400—Available
Embed 5 Fast Text——$0.080—Available
Embed 5 Pro Image——$0.500—Available
Embed 5 Pro Text——$0.120—Available
Voyage 432K$0.060—Available
Voyage 4 Large32K$0.120—Available
Text Embedding 3 Small8K$0.020—Current

Model IDs

azure/eu/text-embedding-3-small
azure/text-embedding-3-small
azure/us-gov/text-embedding-3-small
azure/us/text-embedding-3-small
github_copilot/text-embedding-3-small
github_copilot/text-embedding-3-small-inference
openai-text-embedding-3-small
openai/text-embedding-3-small
text-embedding-3-small
vercel_ai_gateway/openai/text-embedding-3-small