# MTEB LegalQuAD 44 models with a score. Leader: most-embed-de with 76.2. | Benchmark profile | | |---|---| | Task | Retrieval (de) | | Metric | nDCG@10 | | Direction | ↑ higher is better | | Limitation | Ein Wert gilt fuer die gemessene Modellrevision und die volle Vektorlaenge; gekuerzte Laengen sind nicht gemessen (R-MESS). | | Source | [huggingface.co](https://huggingface.co/spaces/mteb/leaderboard) | | Licence | CC0 — MTEB-Ergebnisse (embeddings-benchmark/results) | ## Ranking (44) | Model | Rank | Score | Developer | EU processing: Input | EU processing: Output | all providers: Input | all providers: Output | Open weights | GPU memory (4-bit, derived) | |---|---:|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|---:| | [most-embed-de](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/most-embed-de/) | 1 | **76.2** | malteos | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [Voyage 4 large](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/voyage-4-large/) | 2 | **72.1** | Voyage AI | – | – | – | – | – no | – | | [Cohere Embed 4](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/cohere-embed-v4-0/) | 3 | **71.8** | Cohere | – | – | €0.11 | – | – no | – | | [Voyage 4](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/voyage-4/) | 4 | **70.8** | Voyage AI | – | – | – | – | – no | – | | [Voyage 4 lite](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/voyage-4-lite/) | 5 | **67.7** | Voyage AI | – | – | – | – | – no | – | | [Qwen3 Embedding 8B](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/qwen3-embedding-8b/) | 6 | **66.8** | Alibaba Cloud | €0.009 | – | €0.009 | – | ✓ yes | [from 9 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [gemini-embedding-001](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/gemini-embedding-001/) | 7 | **65.5** | Google | – | – | €0.067 | – | – no | – | | [snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2-0/) | 7 | **65.5** | Snowflake | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [voyage-3.5](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/voyage-3-5/) | 9 | **65.4** | Voyage AI | – | – | – | – | – no | – | | [snowflake-arctic-embed-m-v2.0](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/snowflake-arctic-embed-m-v2-0/) | 10 | **58** | Snowflake | – | – | €0.036 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [text-embedding-3-large](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/text-embedding-3-large/) | 11 | **56.3** | OpenAI | €0.13 | – | €0.13 | – | – no | – | | [bekko-embedding-v1-a25m](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/bekko-embedding-v1-a25m/) | 12 | **55.8** | hotchpotch | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [text-embedding-3-small](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/text-embedding-3-small/) | 13 | **54.8** | OpenAI | €0.02 | – | €0.02 | – | – no | – | | [bekko-embedding-v1-a8m](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/bekko-embedding-v1-a8m/) | 14 | **52.3** | hotchpotch | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [nomic-embed-text-v2-moe](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/nomic-embed-text-v2-moe/) | 15 | **51.7** | Nomic AI | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [multilingual-e5-large-instruct](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/multilingual-e5-large-instruct/) | 16 | **51.2** | Microsoft | €0.03 | €0.02 | €0.009 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [BGE-M3](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/bge-m3/) | 17 | **50.4** | BAAI | €0.0082 | – | €0.0082 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [text-embedding-004](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/text-embedding-004/) | 18 | **48.6** | Google | – | – | – | – | – no | – | | [multilingual-e5-small](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/multilingual-e5-small/) | 19 | **47.8** | Google | – | – | €0.0067 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [cohere-embed-multilingual-v3.0](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/cohere-embed-multilingual-v3-0/) | 20 | **46.8** | Cohere | – | – | €0.09 | – | – no | – | | [gte-multilingual-base](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/gte-multilingual-base/) | 21 | **45.7** | Alibaba Cloud | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [text-embedding-005](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/text-embedding-005/) | 22 | **45.2** | Google | – | – | – | – | – no | – | | [E5-Mistral-7B](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/e5-mistral-7b/) | 23 | **44.4** | Microsoft | €0.02 | – | €0.02 | – | ✓ yes | [from 8 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [intfloat/multilingual-e5-large](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/multilingual-e5-large/) | 24 | **43.2** | Microsoft | €0.0082 | – | €0.0082 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [granite-embedding-311m-multilingual-r2](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/granite-embedding-311m-multilingual-r2/) | 25 | **37.8** | IBM | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [granite-embedding-278m-multilingual](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/granite-embedding-278m-multilingual/) | 26 | **36.8** | IBM | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [granite-embedding-97m-multilingual-r2](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/granite-embedding-97m-multilingual-r2/) | 27 | **34.3** | IBM | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [e5-large-v2](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/e5-large-v2/) | 28 | **27.18** | – | – | – | €0.009 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [Gemini Embedding 2 Preview](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/gemini-embedding-2-preview/) | 29 | **26.41** | Google | – | – | €0.22 | €0.22 | – no | – | | [Cohere Embed 3 Model - English](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/cohere-embed-3-model-english/) | 30 | **25.77** | Cohere | – | – | €0.09 | – | – | – | | [e5-base-v2](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/e5-base-v2/) | 31 | **22.32** | – | – | – | €0.0045 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [snowflake-arctic-embed-l](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/snowflake-arctic-embed-l/) | 32 | **21** | Snowflake | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [gte-large](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/gte-large/) | 33 | **19.82** | – | – | – | €0.009 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [bge-large-en-v1.5](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/bge-large-en-v1-5/) | 34 | **16.6** | BAAI | – | – | €0.009 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [mxbai-embed-large-v1](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/mxbai-embed-large-v1/) | 35 | **16.4** | Mixedbread | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [bge-base-en-v1.5](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/bge-base-en-v1-5/) | 36 | **16** | BAAI | – | – | €0.0045 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [gte-base](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/gte-base/) | 37 | **15.71** | – | – | – | €0.0045 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [SNOWFLAKE ARCTIC-EMBED-M-V1.5](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/snowflake-arctic-embed-m-v1-5/) | 38 | **12.59** | Snowflake | – | – | €0.022 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [all-MiniLM-L6-v2](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/all-minilm-l6-v2/) | 39 | **11.8** | – | – | – | €0.0045 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [all-mpnet-base-v2](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/all-mpnet-base-v2/) | 40 | **10.67** | – | – | – | €0.0045 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [snowflake-arctic-embed-m-long](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/snowflake-arctic-embed-m-long/) | 41 | **9.1** | Snowflake | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [nomic-embed-text-v1.5](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/nomic-embed-text-v1-5/) | 42 | **9** | Nomic AI | – | – | – | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [All MiniLM L12 v2](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/all-minilm-l12-v2/) | 43 | **7.44** | – | – | – | €0.0045 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | | [text2vec-base-chinese](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/models/text2vec-base-chinese/) | 44 | **3.01** | – | – | – | €0.0045 | – | ✓ yes | [from 5 GB](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/self-hosting/#tier-24-gb) | _Equal scores share a rank. When filtering, the rank stays the position in the whole list. GPU memory “from …” is a lower bound (parameters × 0.55 GB + 4 GB). Prices: € per 1M tokens. Source: providers' pricing pages, read and checked by searchit. As of 7 Nov 2026._ _Scores: MTEB LegalQuAD, CC0 — MTEB-Ergebnisse (embeddings-benchmark/results). Taken unchanged from the source._ --- Prices as of 7 Nov 2026. Providers' list prices, without guarantee.