Model · Cohere · Embeddings
Cohere Embed 5
Cohere's flagship embedding family (embed-v5.0-pro, embed-v5.0-fast). Multimodal (text, images, mixed text+image documents such as PDFs) with 128K context, 100+ languages, Matryoshka dimensions and int8/binary embeddings — useful for cost-sensitive RAG.
- Modality
- Embeddings
- License
- Proprietary (Proprietary)
- Context window
- 128,000 tokens
- Released
- September 30, 2026
- Last verified
- October 28, 2026
- Runs locally
- No
Strengths
- Multimodal (text, image, and fused text+image) embeddings in one model
- Pro and Fast tiers share one embedding space — index with one, query with the other
- Matryoshka dimensions (256-2048) plus int8/binary formats cut storage cost
- 100+ languages; available on Microsoft Foundry and Amazon SageMaker, or self-hosted via vLLM in private deployments
Weaknesses
- Closed weights
- Cost and index size grow if you actually use the full 128K context
Try it
| Where | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cohere API | hosted-api | API key required |
| AWS Bedrock | hosted-api | Enterprise; lists Embed 4, not Embed 5 (checked 2026-10-28) |
Used in solutions
Official sources
- Embed docs docs
- Models overview docs
- Introducing Embed 5 announcement
Change log
- — Updated from Embed v4 to Embed 5 (released 2026-09-30): embed-v5.0-pro and embed-v5.0-fast, 128K context, dimensions 256-2048 (default 2048), text/image/mixed inputs, 100+ languages; API price per Cohere's announcement $0.12 (Pro) / $0.08 (Fast) per 1M text tokens. embed-v4.0 is still listed on Cohere's models page. AWS Bedrock does not list Embed 5 yet; the announcement names Microsoft Foundry and Amazon SageMaker.
- — Verified current against Cohere's models page. embed-v4.0 is still the newest Embed generation; everything below is v3.0/v2.0. No v5 exists.
- — Updated from Embed v3 to embed-v4.0 (released 2025-04-15): multimodal, 128K context. The v3.0 models remain available but are no longer the flagship.
- — Initial entry.
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