Multilingual E5 Small is part of the E5 family of text embedding models. This small variant contains 12 layers. This model is well-suited for tasks such as:
- Semantic Search: Finding documents or text passages that are semantically relevant to a query.
- Text Clustering: Grouping similar pieces of text based on their semantic meaning.
- Informative Response Generation: Following instructions to provide summaries, explanations, or answers to factual queries.
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Model ID
multilingual-e5-small-maas
Launch stage
GA
Supported inputs & outputs
- Inputs:
Text - Outputs:
Embeddings
Output dimensions
Up to 384
Number of layers
12
Max sequence length
512 tokens
Supported languages
Usage types
- Supported
- Not supported
Versions
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multilingual-e5-small - Launch stage: GA
- Release date: September 19, 2025
Supported regions
Model availability
- United States
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us-central1 - Europe
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europe-west4
ML processing
- United States
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Multi-region - Europe
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Multi-region
Quota
us-central1:
- TPM: 25,200
europe-west4:
- TPM: 25,200
