Zerank 2 vs Jina Reranker v2 Base Multilingual

Detailed comparison between Zerank 2 and Jina Reranker v2 Base Multilingual. See which reranker best meets your accuracy and performance needs.

Model Comparison

Zerank 2 takes the lead.

Both Zerank 2 and Jina Reranker v2 Base Multilingual are powerful reranking models designed to improve retrieval quality in RAG applications. However, their performance characteristics differ in important ways.

Why Zerank 2:

  • Zerank 2 has 342 higher ELO rating
  • Zerank 2 is 481ms faster on average
  • Zerank 2 has a 32.6% higher win rate

Overview

Key metrics

ELO Rating

Overall ranking quality

Zerank 2

1658

Jina Reranker v2 Base Multilingual

1316

Win Rate

Head-to-head performance

Zerank 2

63.0%

Jina Reranker v2 Base Multilingual

30.4%

Accuracy (nDCG@10)

Ranking quality metric

Zerank 2

0.079

Jina Reranker v2 Base Multilingual

0.080

Average Latency

Response time

Zerank 2

265ms

Jina Reranker v2 Base Multilingual

746ms

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

MetricZerank 2Jina Reranker v2 Base MultilingualDescription
Overall Performance
ELO Rating
1658
1316
Overall ranking quality based on pairwise comparisons
Win Rate
63.0%
30.4%
Percentage of comparisons won against other models
Pricing & Availability
Price per 1M tokens
$0.025
$0.045
Cost per million tokens processed
Release Date
2025-11-18
2024-06-25
Model release date
Accuracy Metrics
Avg nDCG@10
0.079
0.080
Normalized discounted cumulative gain at position 10
Performance Metrics
Avg Latency
265ms
746ms
Average response time across all datasets

Dataset Performance

By field

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

MSMARCO

MetricZerank 2Jina Reranker v2 Base MultilingualDescription
Latency Metrics
Mean
233ms
694ms
Average response time
P50
228ms
616ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
251ms
911ms
90th percentile

arguana

MetricZerank 2Jina Reranker v2 Base MultilingualDescription
Accuracy Metrics
nDCG@5
0.283
0.314
Ranking quality at top 5 results
nDCG@10
0.355
0.374
Ranking quality at top 10 results
Recall@5
0.540
0.580
% of relevant docs in top 5
Recall@10
0.760
0.760
% of relevant docs in top 10
Latency Metrics
Mean
280ms
689ms
Average response time
P50
278ms
617ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
312ms
834ms
90th percentile

FiQa

MetricZerank 2Jina Reranker v2 Base MultilingualDescription
Accuracy Metrics
nDCG@5
0.108
0.105
Ranking quality at top 5 results
nDCG@10
0.119
0.108
Ranking quality at top 10 results
Recall@5
0.098
0.088
% of relevant docs in top 5
Recall@10
0.130
0.093
% of relevant docs in top 10
Latency Metrics
Mean
251ms
676ms
Average response time
P50
254ms
626ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
270ms
837ms
90th percentile

business reports

MetricZerank 2Jina Reranker v2 Base MultilingualDescription
Latency Metrics
Mean
288ms
690ms
Average response time
P50
269ms
620ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
367ms
824ms
90th percentile

PG

MetricZerank 2Jina Reranker v2 Base MultilingualDescription
Latency Metrics
Mean
293ms
1059ms
Average response time
P50
281ms
823ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
328ms
1744ms
90th percentile

DBPedia

MetricZerank 2Jina Reranker v2 Base MultilingualDescription
Latency Metrics
Mean
247ms
671ms
Average response time
P50
242ms
614ms
50th percentile (median)
P90
274ms
825ms
90th percentile

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