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text-embedding-3-small

OpenAI
Efficiency score
88/100
17.0%
Input price
$0.02/ 1M tokens
Output price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
Context window
8K
Throughput
165tok/s
Availability
98.0%
Cost / task
$0.000

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Text
Produces (output)
embedding

7-day heat trend

17.0%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.02/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K
Output price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K
Blended price
$0.01/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$6.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$24.00/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$14.40/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 42% of tracked models
  • Faster than 82% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #722 of 1105

Best suited for

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

About text-embedding-3-small

OpenAI small embedding model for semantic search, retrieval, clustering, and classification.

text-embedding-3-small is a Text model from OpenAI (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 8K-token context window, ~165 tokens/sec throughput and 98.0% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 88/100 at an estimated $0.000 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does text-embedding-3-small cost per 1M tokens?+

text-embedding-3-small is tracked at $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $0.01 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is text-embedding-3-small best for?+

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

How fast is text-embedding-3-small?+

text-embedding-3-small delivers about 165 tokens/sec with 98.0% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is text-embedding-3-small cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, text-embedding-3-small is cheaper than 42% of models on input price and ranks #722 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.