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text-embedding-3-small

text-embedding-3-small delivers higher MTEB scores than ada-002 at lower cost, with a 1536-dimension default that drops into existing pipelines and a flexible dimensions parameter for further storage savings.

Input price
Starting at Input $0.02, Per 1M tokens
import { embed } from 'ai';
const result = await embed({
model: 'openai/text-embedding-3-small',
value: 'Sunny day at the beach',
})
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Model
Context
Latency
Throughput
Input
Output
Cache
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ZDR
No Training
Free Tier
Release Date
1.1M
2.5 s
166 tps
$0.20/MFast $0.40/M+1 more
$1.20/MFast $2.40/M+1 more
Read:
$0.02/M+1 more
Write:
$0.25/M+1 more
$10/K
+ input costs
+4
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bedrock logo
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07/09/2026
1.1M
2.0 s
86 tps
$4/M$2/M
Fast $4/M+1 more
$20/M$10/M
Fast $20/M+1 more
Read:
$0.40/M$0.20/M+1 more
Write:
$5/M$2.50/M+1 more
$10/K
+ input costs
+4
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bedrock logo
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07/09/2026
1.1M
2.2 s
111 tps
$2/MFast $4/M+1 more
$12/MFast $24/M+1 more
Read:
$0.20/M+1 more
Write:
$2.50/M+1 more
$10/K
+ input costs
+4
azure logo
bedrock logo
openai logo
07/09/2026
1.1M
3.8 s
81 tps
$2.50/MFast $5/M+1 more
$15/MFast $30/M+1 more
Read:
$0.25/M+1 more
Write:
$10/K
+ input costs
+4
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03/05/2026
400K
4.5 s
141 tps
$0.05/M
$0.40/M
Read:$0.005/M
Write:
$14/K
+ input costs
+3
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openai logo
08/07/2025
400K
3.5 s
116 tps
$0.25/MFast $0.45/M
$2/MFast $3.60/M
Read:$0.03/M
Write:
$14/K
+ input costs
+3
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08/07/2025

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