# text-embedding-3-large

> text-embedding-3-large is a proprietary language model from OpenAI, released on 25 Jan 2024. It accepts text and generates text, with a 8K-token context window and up to 3K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.13 per million input tokens and Free per million output tokens (OpenAI API), across 1 provider we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/text-embedding-3-large
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** OpenAI
- **Release date:** 25 Jan 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)
- **Context window:** 8K (8,191 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)
- **Max output:** 3K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Jan 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)
- **Input:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)
- **Tool calling:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/openai/models/text-embedding-3-large.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | $0.13 | Free | – | 8K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of text-embedding-3-large?

text-embedding-3-large has a context window of 8,191 tokens (8K) and can generate up to 3,072 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the text-embedding-3-large API cost?

Through OpenAI API, text-embedding-3-large costs $0.13 per million input tokens and Free per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is text-embedding-3-large open source?

No. text-embedding-3-large is a proprietary model; OpenAI has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including OpenAI API.

### When was text-embedding-3-large released?

OpenAI released text-embedding-3-large on 25 Jan 2024, according to models.dev.

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