OpenAI's improved, more performant version of their ada embedding model.
import { embed } from 'ai';
const result = await embed({ model: 'openai/text-embedding-3-small', value: 'Sunny day at the beach',})| Model |
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Context | Latency | Throughput | Input | Output | Cache | Web Search | Capabilities | Providers | ZDR | No Training | Release Date |
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| 400K | 1.3s | 210tps | $0.75/M | $4.50/M | Read:$0.07/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 03/17/2026 | |||||
| 400K | 0.5s | 21tps | $0.20/M | $1.25/M | Read:$0.02/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 03/17/2026 | |||||
| 1.1M | 0.7s | 67tps | $2.50/M | $15.00/M | Read: $0.25/M Write: — | $10.00/K + input costs | 03/05/2026 | |||||
| 1.1M | $30.00/M | $180.00/M | $10/K + input costs | 03/05/2026 | ||||||||
| 128K | 0.9s | $1.75/M | $14.00/M | Read:$0.17/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 03/03/2026 | ||||||
| 400K | 1.2s | 56tps | $1.75/M | $14.00/M | Read:$0.17/M Write:— | $10/K + input costs | 02/24/2026 | |||||
| 400K | 0.8s | 116tps | $1.75/M | $14.00/M | Read:$0.17/M Write:— | $10/K + input costs | 12/18/2025 | |||||
$5.00/M+1 more | $32.00/M | Read:$1.25/M Write:— | — | 12/16/2025 | ||||||||
| 400K | 0.8s | 71tps | $1.75/M | $14.00/M | Read:$0.17/M Write:— | — | 12/11/2025 | |||||
| 128K | 0.9s | 96tps | $1.75/M | $14.00/M | Read:$0.17/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 12/11/2025 | |||||
| 400K | 12.1s | $21.00/M | $168.00/M | $10.00/K + input costs | 12/11/2025 | |||||||
| 400K | 1.9s | $1.25/M | $10.00/M | Read:$0.13/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 11/19/2025 | ||||||
| 400K | 0.5s | 26tps | $1.25/M | $10.00/M | Read:$0.13/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 11/12/2025 | |||||
| 400K | 1.4s | 1038tps | $0.25/M | $2.00/M | Read:$0.03/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 11/12/2025 | |||||
| 128K | 1.0s | 76tps | $1.25/M | $10.00/M | Read:$0.13/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 11/12/2025 | |||||
| 400K | 0.8s | 162tps | $1.25/M | $10.00/M | Read:$0.13/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | +1 | 11/12/2025 | ||||
$2.00/M+1 more | $8.00/M | Read:$0.2/M Write:— | — | 10/06/2025 | ||||||||
| 400K | 0.7s | 157tps | $1.25/M | $10.00/M | Read:$0.13/M Write:— | — | 09/15/2025 | |||||
| 128K | 0.5s | 110tps | $1.25/M | $10.00/M | Read:$0.13/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 08/07/2025 | |||||
| 400K | 5.3s | 200tps | $0.25/M | $2.00/M | Read:$0.03/M Write:— | — | 08/07/2025 | |||||
| 400K | 6.7s | 157tps | $0.05/M | $0.40/M | Read:$0.01/M Write:— | — | 08/07/2025 | |||||
| 131K | 0.1s | 479tps | $0.35/M | $0.75/M | Read:$0.25/M Write:— | — | +4 | 08/05/2025 | ||||
| 131K | 0.1s | 234tps | $0.07/M | $0.30/M | Read:$0.04/M Write:— | — | +4 | 08/05/2025 | ||||
| 400K | 4.9s | 538tps | $1.25/M | $10.00/M | Read:$0.13/M Write:— | — | 08/01/2025 | |||||
| 1M | 0.7s | 99tps | $0.40/M | $1.60/M | Read:$0.1/M Write:— | — | 05/14/2025 | |||||
| 200K | 1.0s | 190tps | $2.00/M | $8.00/M | Read:$0.5/M Write:— | $10/K + input costs | 04/16/2025 | |||||
| 200K | 27.1s | $20.00/M | $80.00/M | $10/K + input costs | 04/16/2025 | |||||||
| 200K | 2.2s | 337tps | $1.10/M | $4.40/M | Read:$0.28/M Write:— | — | 04/16/2025 | |||||
| 1M | 0.8s | 88tps | $2.00/M | $8.00/M | Read:$0.5/M Write:— | — | 04/14/2025 | |||||
| 1M | 0.4s | $0.10/M | $0.40/M | Read:$0.03/M Write:— | — | 04/14/2025 | ||||||
$5.00/M+1 more | $40.00/M | Read:$1.25/M Write:— | — | 03/25/2025 | ||||||||
| 128K | 1.6s | $0.15/M | $0.60/M | $10.00/K + input costs | 03/12/2025 | |||||||
| 200K | 1.7s | $1.10/M | $4.40/M | Read:$0.55/M Write:— | — | 12/20/2024 | ||||||
| 200K | 1.6s | 8tps | $15.00/M | $60.00/M | Read:$7.5/M Write:— | — | 12/05/2024 | |||||
| 131K | 0.2s | $0.07/M | $0.30/M | Read:$0.04/M Write:— | — | 12/01/2024 | ||||||
| 128K | 0.6s | 112tps | $0.15/M | $0.60/M | Read:$0.07/M Write:— | — | 07/18/2024 | |||||
| 200K | $10.00/M | $40.00/M | Read:$2.5/M Write:— | $10.00/K + input costs | 06/26/2024 | |||||||
| 128K | 0.6s | 117tps | $2.50/M | $10.00/M | Read:$1.25/M Write:— | — | 05/13/2024 | |||||
| $0.13/M | — | 01/25/2024 | ||||||||||
| 128K | 2.5s | 16tps | $10.00/M | $30.00/M | — | 11/06/2023 | ||||||
| 8K | $1.50/M | $2.00/M | — | 09/28/2023 | ||||||||
| 16K | 0.6s | $0.50/M | $1.50/M | — | 05/28/2023 | |||||||
| $0.10/M | — | 12/15/2022 | ||||||||||
| 400K | 135.0s | $15.00/M | $120.00/M | $10.00/K + input costs | +1 |