Data points: 60
Model compare
The readout for Text Embedding 3 Large and Text Embedding Ada 002, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Text Embedding 3 Large. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Text Embedding 3 Large
Text Embedding 3 Large has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 100 to 0.
Evidence depth
60 data points
Includes 0 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 8 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Text Embedding 3 Large
The charts below split 8 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for Text Embedding 3 Large and Text Embedding Ada 002: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | Text Embedding 3 Large | Text Embedding Ada 002 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 100.0 pts | 0.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 0 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage | No data |
| Context window | 8.2K tokens | 8.2K tokens |
| Max output | No data | No data |
| Modalities | Input Text Output embeddings | Input Text Output |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | Text Embedding 3 Large | Text Embedding Ada 002 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Released | Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Other | Other |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | openai/text-embedding-3-large | openai/text-embedding-ada-002 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for Text Embedding 3 Large and Text Embedding Ada 002: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
Text Embedding 3 Large
Text Embedding 3 Large has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage.
Text Embedding Ada 002
Text Embedding Ada 002 does not clearly lead in the benchmark or operational dimensions shared by both models.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
No shared professional benchmark scores are available yet.
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | Text Embedding 3 Large | Text Embedding Ada 002 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | Text Embedding 3 Large | Text Embedding Ada 002 |
|---|---|---|
0 tests | Text Embedding 3 Large speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Text Embedding Ada 002 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Text Embedding 3 Large speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Text Embedding Ada 002 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Text Embedding 3 Large speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Text Embedding Ada 002 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Text Embedding 3 Large speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Text Embedding Ada 002 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | Text Embedding 3 Large speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Text Embedding Ada 002 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
Text Embedding 3 Large text-embedding-3-large speed / latency No data input / output $0.0078/M/$0.0078/M | Text Embedding Ada 002 text-embedding-ada-002 speed / latency No data input / output $0.062/M | |
Text Embedding 3 Large text-embedding-3-large speed / latency No data input / output $0.018/M/$0.018/M | Text Embedding Ada 002 text-embedding-ada-002 speed / latency No data input / output $0.014/M | |
Text Embedding 3 Large text-embedding-3-large speed / latency No data input / output $0.014/M/$0.014/M | Text Embedding Ada 002 text-embedding-ada-002 speed / latency No data input / output $0.093/M |
Weighted outcome: Text Embedding 3 Large. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
| Features | Text inputEmbeddings outputStructured outputsJSON mode | Text inputEmbeddings outputStructured outputsJSON mode |
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