README.md

---
pipeline_tag: text-classification
tags:
- gguf
- embedding
- qwen3
- llama-cpp
- jina-embeddings-v5
- feature-extraction
- mteb
- vllm
- sentence-transformers
language:
- multilingual
base_model: jinaai/jina-embeddings-v5-text-small
base_model_relation: quantized
inference: false
license: cc-by-nc-4.0
library_name: llama.cpp
---
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### **jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification**: Classification-Targeted Embedding Distillation

[Blog](https://jina.ai/news/jina-embeddings-v5-text-distilling-4b-quality-into-sub-1b-multilingual-embeddings) | [Elastic Inference Service](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/elastic-inference/eis) | [ArXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15547) | [Blog](https://jina.ai/news/jina-embeddings-v5-text-distilling-4b-quality-into-sub-1b-multilingual-embeddings)

### Model Overview

<p align="center">
<img src="https://jina-ai-gmbh.ghost.io/content/images/2026/02/v5_architecture_1771470917.png" alt="jina-embeddings-v5-text Architecture" width="600px">
</p>
`jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification` is a compact, high-performance text embedding model designed for classification.

It is part of the **jina-embeddings-v5-text** model family, which also includes [jina-embeddings-v5-text-nano](https://huggingface.co/jinaai/jina-embeddings-v5-text-nano), a smaller model for more resource-constrained use cases.

Trained using a novel approach that combines distillation with task-specific contrastive losses, `jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification` outperforms existing state-of-the-art models of similar size across diverse embedding benchmarks.
| Feature | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Parameters | 677M |
| Supported Tasks | `classification`|
| Max Sequence Length | 32768 |
| Embedding Dimension | 1024 |
| Matryoshka Dimensions | 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 768, 1024 |
| Pooling Strategy | Last-token pooling |
| Base Model | jinaai/jina-embeddings-v5-text-small |

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<img src="https://jina-ai-gmbh.ghost.io/content/images/2026/02/v5_mmteb-4.png" alt="MMTEB Multilingual Benchmark" width="500px">
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<img src="https://jina-ai-gmbh.ghost.io/content/images/2026/02/v5_mteb_en-4.png" alt="MTEB English Benchmark" width="500px">
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<p align="center">
<img src="https://jina-ai-gmbh.ghost.io/content/images/2026/02/v5_retrieval-4.png" alt="Retrieval Benchmark Results" width="500px">
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### Training and Evaluation

For training details and evaluation results, see our [technical report](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15547).

### Usage

<details>
  <summary>Requirements</a></summary>
  
The following Python packages are required:

- `transformers>=5.1.0`
- `torch>=2.8.0`
- `peft>=0.15.2`
- `vllm>=0.15.1`
  
### Optional / Recommended
- **flash-attention**: Installing [flash-attention](https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention) is recommended for improved inference speed and efficiency, but not mandatory.
- **sentence-transformers**: If you want to use the model via the `sentence-transformers` interface, install this package as well.

</details>

<details open>
  <summary>via <a href="https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/elastic-inference/eis">Elastic Inference Service</a></summary>

The fastest way to use v5-text in production. Elastic Inference Service (EIS) provides managed embedding inference with built-in scaling, so you can generate embeddings directly within your Elastic deployment.

```bash
PUT _inference/text_embedding/jina-v5
{
  "service": "elastic",
  "service_settings": {
    "model_id": "jina-embeddings-v5-text-small"
  }
}
```

See the [Elastic Inference Service documentation](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/elastic-inference/eis) for setup details.

</details>


<details>
  <summary>via <a href="https://sbert.net/">sentence-transformers</a></summary>

```python
from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
import torch

model = SentenceTransformer(
    "jinaai/jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification",
    model_kwargs={"dtype": torch.bfloat16},  # Recommended for GPUs
    config_kwargs={"_attn_implementation": "flash_attention_2"},  # Recommended but optional
)
# Optional: set truncate_dim in encode() to control embedding size

texts = [
    "My order hasn't arrived yet and it's been two weeks.",
    "How do I reset my password?",
    "I'd like a refund for my recent purchase.",
    "Your product exceeded my expectations. Great job!",
]

# Encode texts
embeddings = model.encode(texts)
print(embeddings.shape)
# (4, 1024)

similarity = model.similarity(embeddings, embeddings)
print(similarity)
# tensor([[1.0000, 0.7347, 0.7988, 0.7523],
#         [0.7347, 1.0000, 0.7440, 0.7228],
#         [0.7988, 0.7440, 1.0000, 0.7321],
#         [0.7523, 0.7228, 0.7321, 1.0000]])
```
</details>

<details>
  <summary>via <a href="https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm">vLLM</a></summary>

```python
from vllm import LLM

# Initialize model
name = "jinaai/jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification"
model = LLM(
    model=name,
    dtype="float16",
    runner="pooling",
    pooler_config=PoolerConfig(seq_pooling_type="LAST", normalize=True)
)

# Create text prompts
document1 = "Overview of climate change impacts on coastal cities"
document1_prompt = f"Document: {document1}"

document2 = "The impacts of climate change on large cities"
document2_prompt = f"Document: {document2}"

# Encode all prompts
prompts = [document1_prompt, document2_prompt]
outputs = model.encode(prompts, pooling_task="embed")

embed_document1 = outputs[0].outputs.data
embed_document2 = outputs[1].outputs.data
```

</details>

<details>
  <summary>via <a href="https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference">Text Embeddings Inference</a></summary>

- Via Docker on CPU:
  ```bash
  docker run -p 8080:80 \
    ghcr.io/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference:cpu-1.9 \
    --model-id jinaai/jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification \
    --dtype float32 --pooling last-token
  ```
- Via Docker on NVIDIA GPU (Turing, Ampere, Ada Lovelace, Hopper or Blackwell):
  ```bash
  docker run --gpus all --shm-size 1g -p 8080:80 \
    ghcr.io/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference:cuda-1.9 \
    --model-id jinaai/jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification \
    --dtype float16 --pooling last-token
  ```

> Alternatively, you can also run with `cargo`, more information can be found in the [Text Embeddings Inference documentation](https://hf.co/docs/text-embeddings-inference).

Send a request to `/v1/embeddings` to generate embeddings via the [OpenAI Embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/embeddings/create):

```bash
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1/embeddings \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "jinaai/jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification",
    "input": [
      "Document: The impacts of climate change on coastal cities are significant...",
    ]
  }'
```

Or rather via the [Text Embeddings Inference API specification](https://huggingface.github.io/text-embeddings-inference/) instead, to prevent from manually formatting the inputs:

```bash
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8080/embed \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "inputs": "Overview of climate change impacts on coastal cities",
    "prompt_name": "document",
  }'
```

</details>

<details>
  <summary> via <a href="https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp">llama.cpp (GGUF)</a></summary>
After installing <a href="https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp">llama.cpp</a> one can run llama-server to host the embedding model as OpenAI API compatible HTTP server with the respective model version:

```sh
llama-server -hf jinaai/jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification:F16 --embedding --pooling last -ub 32768
```

Client:

```
curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1/embeddings" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "input": [
      "Document: A beautiful sunset over the beach",
      "Document: Un beau coucher de soleil sur la plage",
      "Document: 海滩上美丽的日落",
      "Document: 浜辺に沈む美しい夕日",
      "Document: Golden sunlight melts into the horizon, painting waves in warm amber and rose, while the sky whispers goodnight to the quiet, endless sea."
    ]
  }'
```

</details>

### License

The model is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. For commercial use, please [contact us](sales@jina.ai).

### Citation

If you find `jina-embeddings-v5-text-small-classification` useful in your research, please cite the following paper:

```
@misc{akram2026jinaembeddingsv5texttasktargetedembeddingdistillation,
      title={jina-embeddings-v5-text: Task-Targeted Embedding Distillation}, 
      author={Mohammad Kalim Akram and Saba Sturua and Nastia Havriushenko and Quentin Herreros and Michael Günther and Maximilian Werk and Han Xiao},
      year={2026},
      eprint={2602.15547},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.CL},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15547}, 
}
```