Qwen3 Embedding 8B vs GTE-Base: side-by-side summary

Qwen3 Embedding 8B and GTE-Base are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Qwen3 Embedding 8B, from Qwen, has a 32,768-token context window and is priced at $0.01/M tokens on OpenRouter.

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

Context window

• Qwen3 Embedding 8B: 32,768 tokens
• GTE-Base: 512 tokens

Price

• Qwen3 Embedding 8B: $0.01/M tokens
• GTE-Base: $0.005/M tokens

Provided by

• Qwen3 Embedding 8B: Qwen
• GTE-Base: thenlper

• Qwen3 Embedding 8B model details, providers and pricing
• GTE-Base model details, providers and pricing