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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -124,6 +124,20 @@ Here are a few concepts to be aware of when choosing a model:
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125125 Many embedding models include terms like ` embed ` in their name.
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127+ * ** Reranking models** - models that are trained to rerank (sort) a list of documents
128+ based on their relevance to a given query.
129+ These models are usually smaller and faster than general-purpose models,
130+ making them more efficient and practical for reranking tasks.
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132+ Reranking models are often significantly smaller (sometimes as small as 500MB), faster,
133+ and consume less memory than general-purpose models, making them more efficient and practical.
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135+ While general-purpose models can also be used for reranking,
136+ doing this requires prompting the model, which is more cumbersome and inefficient than
137+ using a specialized model with a [ ranking context] ( ./embedding.md#reranking ) for this task.
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139+ Many reranking models include terms like ` rerank ` or ` reranker ` in their name.
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127141### How much data do you plan to feed the model at once with?
128142If you plan to feed the model with a lot of data at once, you'll need a model that supports a large context size.
129143The larger the context size is, the more data the model can process at once.
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