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E5 Large
◆ OPEN
by Microsoft
OPEN WEIGHTSLOCALAPI
RANKED #205 OF 279 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #324 OF 6,613 · VIBE SCORE 5.5 · 28 VOICES
Embedding model for semantic search, retrieval, clustering, and ranking pipelines
HAPPY9.5
6 mentions
SAD5.5
1 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 11 voices
TOO QUIET
Not enough weekly voices to call a trend yet.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download E5 Large once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
335M parameters, unquantized FP16 file is about 1.34 GB (or ~300 MB in Q4)
- BARE MINIMUM
Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5 CPU mini PC or laptop
8 GB RAM
~$150 USEDFP32/FP16 on CPU, ~450 tok/s, 512 context
- SWEET SPOT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB)
4 GB VRAM
~$80 USEDFP16 full precision on GPU, ~3500 tok/s, 512 context
- FULL POWER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)
12 GB VRAM
~$280 NEWFP16 with massive parallel batching, ~12000 tok/s, 512 context
LEARN HOW TO SET IT UP
WILL MY BOX RUN E5 LARGE?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long E5 Large takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMIntel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5 CPU mini PC or laptop | SWEET SPOTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB) | FULL POWERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~1 S | UNDER A SECOND | NO DATA |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~3 S★★★★★ | UNDER A SECOND★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~18 S★★★★★ | ~2 S★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~56 S★★★★★ | ~7 S★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~33 S★★★★★ | ~4 S★★★★★ | —★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. A DASH MEANS NO SPEED WAS RESEARCHED FOR THAT RIG. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Not enough discussion about E5 Large yet to call it. We found 28 posts but people did not say much either way.
20 POSTS · 8 COMMENTS · REDDIT · GITHUB
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- No complaints yet. The internet is still looking for one. Suspicious.
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Other models the crowd has fully reviewed, starting with text models like this one.
DeepSeek V4 Flash> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2026-03-08 · 27 UPVOTESI built a benchmark to test if embedding models actually understand meaning and most score below 20%
I built a benchmark to test if embedding models actually understand meaning and most score below 20%
- REDDIT · 2025-01-22 · 15 UPVOTESCommon Misconceptions of Vector Database
Common Misconceptions of Vector Database
- REDDIT · 2025-05-13 · 15 UPVOTESClickAgent: Multilingual RAG system with chdb vector search - Batteries Included approach
ClickAgent: Multilingual RAG system with chdb vector search - Batteries Included approach
- REDDIT · 2025-10-14 · 15 UPVOTESThank to Mistral AI !
Thank to Mistral AI !
- REDDIT · 2025-09-21 · 14 UPVOTESHow do i get better RAG/Workspace results ?
How do i get better RAG/Workspace results ?
- REDDIT · 2026-01-16 · 12 UPVOTESOpen-Webui > Docling > RAG
Open-Webui > Docling > RAG
- REDDIT · 2025-09-18 · 11 UPVOTESVector Databases: Choosing, Understanding, and Running Them in Practice
Vector Databases: Choosing, Understanding, and Running Them in Practice
- REDDIT · 2025-05-10 · 8 UPVOTESDoes the vector dimension really matter?
Does the vector dimension really matter?
- REDDIT · 2025-06-13 · 6 UPVOTESNeed help on RAG based project in legal domain.
Need help on RAG based project in legal domain.
- REDDIT · 2026-04-12 · 3 UPVOTESHelp with local RAG pipeline – poor retrieval quality, wrong page numbers
Help with local RAG pipeline – poor retrieval quality, wrong page numbers
- REDDIT · 2026-04-10 · 1 UPVOTESChatbot returns old CEO
Chatbot returns old CEO
- REDDIT · 2024-06-05 · 1 UPVOTESFinetuning Embedding model for e-commerce
Finetuning Embedding model for e-commerce