text-embedding-3-small vs Embed 4
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
text-embedding-3-small is 83.3% cheaper on blended cost ($0.010 vs $0.060/Mtok)
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Oby OpenAI
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Cby Cohere
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| Overview | ||
| Status | Current embedding | Current embedding |
| Released | Jan 25, 2024 | Jun 1, 2025 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.020/Mtok | $0.120/Mtok |
| Output | $—/Mtok | $—/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.010/Mtok | $0.060/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 8K tokens | — tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
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textimage
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| Providers | ||
| Available from |
OpenAI — $0.020/$—/Mtok
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Cohere — $0.120/$—/Mtok
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Cost at scale — 1M tokens (50/50 input/output)
| Volume | text-embedding-3-small | Embed 4 | Savings |
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| 1M tokens | $0.01 | $0.06 | $0.05 (83.3%) |
| 10M tokens | $0.1 | $0.6 | $0.5 (83.3%) |
| 100M tokens | $1 | $6 | $5 (83.3%) |
| 1000M tokens | $10 | $60 | $50 (83.3%) |
Try text-embedding-3-small on OpenAI
The cheaper option here — text-embedding-3-small costs $0.010/Mtok blended on OpenAI.
Summary
text-embedding-3-small by OpenAI costs $0.020/Mtok input and $—/Mtok output, with a 8K-token context window. It supports text input.
Embed 4 by Cohere costs $0.120/Mtok input and $—/Mtok output, with a —-token context window. It supports text, image input.
On a blended cost basis, text-embedding-3-small is 83.3% cheaper than Embed 4. It also has a larger context window.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.