Qwen3-Embedding-8B

Beats every closed API model on MTEB, and the weights are open.

Best for

Specifications

Developer: Alibaba (Qwen)
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Model type: Embedding
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Availability: Current
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
MTEB score: 70.6
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Pricing model: Open source
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Accepts: text
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Produces: embedding
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
API available: Yes
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Open source: Yes
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated

AI model

Amazon Polly NeuralThe default inside AWS: $16 per million characters and no new vendor to onboard.

AI model

Claude Fable 5Anthropic's most capable widely released model, for demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work.

AI model

Claude Haiku 4.5Near-frontier quality at commodity prices and high speed.

AI model

Claude Mythos 5Anthropic's limited-availability frontier model, Fable-tier pricing on a new tokenizer.

Beats every closed API model on MTEB, and the weights are open.

Best for

Developer: Alibaba (Qwen)
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Model type: Embedding
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Availability: Current
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
MTEB score: 70.6
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Pricing model: Open source
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Accepts: text
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Produces: embedding
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
API available: Yes
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated
Open source: Yes
confidence 88%
milvus.io
Verified Aug 20, 2026 · curated

AI model

Amazon Polly NeuralThe default inside AWS: $16 per million characters and no new vendor to onboard.

AI model

Claude Fable 5Anthropic's most capable widely released model, for demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work.

AI model

Claude Haiku 4.5Near-frontier quality at commodity prices and high speed.

AI model

Claude Mythos 5Anthropic's limited-availability frontier model, Fable-tier pricing on a new tokenizer.