Lowest price
Choose text-embedding-ada-002
text-embedding-ada-002 costs $0.10 / 1M tokens, against $0.13 / 1M tokens for text-embedding-3-large.
text-embedding-3-large vs text-embedding-ada-002: price, context and capabilities
Choose text-embedding-3-large for the latest release. Choose text-embedding-ada-002 for the lowest price.
In short
- text-embedding-ada-002 is 23% cheaper than text-embedding-3-large at the headline price ($0.10 / 1M tokens vs $0.13 / 1M tokens).
- Both accept 8k tokens per request.
- text-embedding-3-large is the newer model (January 2024, against December 2022).
Which should you choose?
Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.
Latest release
Choose text-embedding-3-large
text-embedding-3-large is the newer release (January 2024, against December 2022 for text-embedding-ada-002).
Specifications side by side
| text-embedding-3-large | text-embedding-ada-002 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Category | Embeddings | Embeddings |
| Status | Generally available | Legacy |
| Headline price | $0.13 / 1M tokens | $0.10 / 1M tokens |
| Context window | 8k | 8k |
| Max output | No data | No data |
| Released | January 2024 | December 2022 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Capabilities | No data | No data |
| API model id | text-embedding-3-large | text-embedding-ada-002 |
Frequently asked questions
Should I choose text-embedding-3-large or text-embedding-ada-002?
Choose text-embedding-3-large for the latest release. Choose text-embedding-ada-002 for the lowest price.
Which is cheaper, text-embedding-3-large or text-embedding-ada-002?
text-embedding-ada-002 is 23% cheaper than text-embedding-3-large at the headline price ($0.10 / 1M tokens vs $0.13 / 1M tokens).
Which has the larger context window, text-embedding-3-large or text-embedding-ada-002?
Both accept 8k tokens per request.
What is the difference between text-embedding-3-large and text-embedding-ada-002?
text-embedding-3-large is made by OpenAI and text-embedding-ada-002 by OpenAI. text-embedding-ada-002 is 23% cheaper than text-embedding-3-large at the headline price ($0.10 / 1M tokens vs $0.13 / 1M tokens). Both accept 8k tokens per request. text-embedding-3-large is the newer model (January 2024, against December 2022).
Which is newer, text-embedding-3-large or text-embedding-ada-002?
text-embedding-3-large was released on January 2024 and text-embedding-ada-002 on December 2022.