Voyage 3.5 Lite vs Jina Embeddings v3

Detailed comparison between Voyage 3.5 Lite and Jina Embeddings v3. See which embedding best meets your accuracy and performance needs.

Model Comparison

Voyage 3.5 Lite takes the lead.

Both Voyage 3.5 Lite and Jina Embeddings v3 are powerful embedding models designed to improve retrieval quality in RAG applications. However, their performance characteristics differ in important ways.

Why Voyage 3.5 Lite:

  • Voyage 3.5 Lite has 12 higher ELO rating
  • Voyage 3.5 Lite delivers better accuracy (nDCG@10: 0.803 vs 0.766)
  • Voyage 3.5 Lite is 177627ms faster on average

Overview

Key metrics

ELO Rating

Overall ranking quality

Voyage 3.5 Lite

1503

Jina Embeddings v3

1491

Win Rate

Head-to-head performance

Voyage 3.5 Lite

44.4%

Jina Embeddings v3

40.3%

Accuracy (nDCG@10)

Ranking quality metric

Voyage 3.5 Lite

0.803

Jina Embeddings v3

0.766

Average Latency

Response time

Voyage 3.5 Lite

36136ms

Jina Embeddings v3

213763ms

Visual Performance Analysis

Performance

ELO Rating Comparison

Win/Loss/Tie Breakdown

Accuracy Across Datasets (nDCG@10)

Latency Distribution (ms)

Breakdown

How the models stack up

MetricVoyage 3.5 LiteJina Embeddings v3Description
Overall Performance
ELO Rating
1503
1491
Overall ranking quality based on pairwise comparisons
Win Rate
44.4%
40.3%
Percentage of comparisons won against other models
Pricing & Availability
Price per 1M tokens
$0.020
$0.045
Cost per million tokens processed
Release Date
2025-05-20
2024-09-18
Model release date
Accuracy Metrics
Avg nDCG@10
0.803
0.766
Normalized discounted cumulative gain at position 10
Performance Metrics
Avg Latency
36136ms
213763ms
Average response time across all datasets

Dataset Performance

By field

Comprehensive comparison of accuracy metrics (nDCG, Recall) and latency percentiles for each benchmark dataset.

PG

MetricVoyage 3.5 LiteJina Embeddings v3Description
Accuracy Metrics
Latency Metrics
Mean
47120ms
155423ms
Average response time
P50
46178ms
152315ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
54188ms
178736ms
90th percentile

business reports

MetricVoyage 3.5 LiteJina Embeddings v3Description
Accuracy Metrics
Latency Metrics
Mean
5629ms
18149ms
Average response time
P50
5516ms
17786ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
6473ms
20871ms
90th percentile

DBPedia

MetricVoyage 3.5 LiteJina Embeddings v3Description
Accuracy Metrics
nDCG@5
0.641
0.616
Ranking quality at top 5 results
nDCG@10
0.632
0.591
Ranking quality at top 10 results
Recall@5
0.219
0.225
% of relevant docs in top 5
Recall@10
0.367
0.340
% of relevant docs in top 10
Latency Metrics
Mean
32706ms
199515ms
Average response time
P50
32052ms
195525ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
37612ms
229442ms
90th percentile

FiQa

MetricVoyage 3.5 LiteJina Embeddings v3Description
Accuracy Metrics
nDCG@5
0.708
0.645
Ranking quality at top 5 results
nDCG@10
0.736
0.679
Ranking quality at top 10 results
Recall@5
0.687
0.633
% of relevant docs in top 5
Recall@10
0.780
0.741
% of relevant docs in top 10
Latency Metrics
Mean
85143ms
458812ms
Average response time
P50
83440ms
449636ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
97914ms
527634ms
90th percentile

SciFact

MetricVoyage 3.5 LiteJina Embeddings v3Description
Accuracy Metrics
nDCG@5
0.670
0.622
Ranking quality at top 5 results
nDCG@10
0.719
0.661
Ranking quality at top 10 results
Recall@5
0.718
0.695
% of relevant docs in top 5
Recall@10
0.843
0.800
% of relevant docs in top 10
Latency Metrics
Mean
58245ms
270629ms
Average response time
P50
57080ms
265216ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
66982ms
311223ms
90th percentile

MSMARCO

MetricVoyage 3.5 LiteJina Embeddings v3Description
Accuracy Metrics
nDCG@5
0.994
1.000
Ranking quality at top 5 results
nDCG@10
0.995
0.997
Ranking quality at top 10 results
Recall@5
0.122
0.123
% of relevant docs in top 5
Recall@10
0.222
0.220
% of relevant docs in top 10
Latency Metrics
Mean
49482ms
476020ms
Average response time
P50
48492ms
466500ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
56904ms
547423ms
90th percentile

NorQuAD

MetricVoyage 3.5 LiteJina Embeddings v3Description
Accuracy Metrics
Latency Metrics
Mean
7081ms
45614ms
Average response time
P50
6939ms
44702ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
8143ms
52456ms
90th percentile

ARCD

MetricVoyage 3.5 LiteJina Embeddings v3Description
Accuracy Metrics
nDCG@5
0.928
0.888
Ranking quality at top 5 results
nDCG@10
0.935
0.900
Ranking quality at top 10 results
Recall@5
0.960
0.920
% of relevant docs in top 5
Recall@10
0.980
0.960
% of relevant docs in top 10
Latency Metrics
Mean
3679ms
85941ms
Average response time
P50
3605ms
84222ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
4231ms
98832ms
90th percentile

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