E5-Base-v2 vs Qwen3 Embedding 4B: side-by-side summary

E5-Base-v2 and Qwen3 Embedding 4B are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

E5-Base-v2, from intfloat, has a 512-token context window and is priced at $0.005/M tokens on OpenRouter.

Qwen3 Embedding 4B, from Qwen, has a 32,768-token context window and is priced at $0.02/M tokens on OpenRouter.

Context window

• E5-Base-v2: 512 tokens
• Qwen3 Embedding 4B: 32,768 tokens

Price

• E5-Base-v2: $0.005/M tokens
• Qwen3 Embedding 4B: $0.02/M tokens

Provided by

• E5-Base-v2: intfloat
• Qwen3 Embedding 4B: Qwen

• E5-Base-v2 model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3 Embedding 4B model details, providers and pricing