Embed 4 vs text-embedding-ada-002: API price and specs
text-embedding-ada-002 is 33% cheaper than Embed 4 on input price.
Embed 4 has a 1462.5% larger context than text-embedding-ada-002.
| Field | Embed 4 | text-embedding-ada-002 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.12 +50% | $0.08 |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.12 +20% | $0.10 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | — | $0.08 |
| Median output, per 1M | — | $0.09 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | — | $0.096 |
| Context | 128K | 8K +93.6% |
| Max output | 2K | 2K |
| Providers | 4 +42.9% | 7 |
| Regions | US | — |
| Accepts | image, text | text |
| Returns | embeddings, text | text, vector |
| Type | Embeddings | Embeddings |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | aihubmix | cometapi |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
aihubmix, azure, trustedrouter, vercel
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Embed 4 or text-embedding-ada-002?
text-embedding-ada-002 is 33% cheaper than Embed 4 on input price.
Which has the larger context, Embed 4 or text-embedding-ada-002?
Embed 4: 128K tokens; text-embedding-ada-002: 8K tokens.
Where can I use both Embed 4 and text-embedding-ada-002?
aihubmix, azure, trustedrouter, vercel