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# text-embedding-3-small

text-embedding-3-small by OpenAI: 3 offers. From €0.02 per 1M input tokens, with EU processing from €0.02.

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## Profile

| Profile |  |
|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI |
| Type | Embeddings |
| Origin | US |
| Input types | text |
| Context (tokens) | 8,192 |
| Max. output (tokens) | – |
| Reasoning | – |
| Parameters (bn) | – |
| Open weights | – no |
| Licence | proprietär |
| Released | – |

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## Offers with processing in the EU (2)

| Provider | Country | Variant | Input | Output | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|---|
| [Azure OpenAI](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/providers/azure-openai/) | US | datazone | €0.02 | – | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-openai/) | 13 Oct 2026 |
| [Azure OpenAI](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/providers/azure-openai/) | US | standard | €0.022 | – | [azure.microsoft.com](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-openai/) | 13 Oct 2026 |

_€ per 1M tokens. Source: providers' pricing pages, read and checked by searchit. As of 14 Oct 2026._

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## Offers outside the EU (1)

| Provider | Country | Variant | Input | Output | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|---|
| [Venice.ai](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/providers/venice/) | US | standard | €0.027 | €0.027 | [docs.venice.ai](https://docs.venice.ai/overview/pricing) | 14 Oct 2026 |

_€ per 1M tokens. Source: providers' pricing pages, read and checked by searchit. As of 14 Oct 2026._

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## AI Act

Whether the developer has signed the Code of Practice for general-purpose AI models: unknown. What this means is explained under “EU and AI Act”. [EU processing and AI Act](https://models.searchit-agent.ai/en/knowledge/eu-and-ai-act/)

## Benchmarks

| Benchmarks |  |
|---|---:|
| mteb\_de | 70.7 |
| mteb\_en | 56.7 |
| MTEB EnglishFinance1Retrieval | 67.3 |
| MTEB EnglishFinance2Retrieval | 47.8 |
| MTEB EnglishFinance3Retrieval | 67.4 |
| MTEB EnglishFinance4Retrieval | 47.2 |
| MTEB EnglishHealthcare1Retrieval | 54 |
| MTEB German1Retrieval | 95.9 |
| MTEB GermanHealthcare1Retrieval | 70.4 |
| MTEB GermanLegal1Retrieval | 61.8 |
| MTEB LegalQuAD | 54.8 |

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Prices as of 14 Oct 2026. Providers' list prices, without guarantee.
