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title: "VIBE: Vector Index Benchmark for Embeddings"
author:
  - name: Elias Jääsaari
    affiliation: University of Helsinki
  - name: Ville Hyvönen
    affiliation: University of Helsinki
  - name: Matteo Ceccarello
    affiliation: University of Padova
  - name: Teemu Roos
    affiliation: University of Helsinki
  - name: Martin Aumüller
    affiliation: IT University of Copenhagen
---

<div class="vibe-home">
<div class="vibe-lede">
<p>This website hosts the results of <a href="https://github.com/vector-index-bench/vibe/">VIBE</a>,
the Vector Index Benchmark for Embeddings. Use its interactive plots to explore
the benchmark results.</p>
</div>

<p class="vibe-section-label">Explore the results</p>

<nav class="vibe-link-grid" aria-label="Benchmark result pages">
<a class="vibe-link-card" href="/overview.html">
<span class="vibe-link-title">Overview</span>
<span>Compare every algorithm across all datasets at a glance.</span>
</a>
<a class="vibe-link-card" href="/datasets.html">
<span class="vibe-link-title">Datasets</span>
<span>Explore the datasets, embeddings, dimensions, and distance measures.</span>
</a>
<a class="vibe-link-card" href="/tradeoff.html">
<span class="vibe-link-title">Tradeoffs</span>
<span>Examine the tradeoff between recall and query throughput.</span>
</a>
<a class="vibe-link-card" href="/algorithm_focus.html">
<span class="vibe-link-title">Algorithm focus</span>
<span>Inspect every configuration tested for each algorithm.</span>
</a>
<a class="vibe-link-card" href="/robustness.html">
<span class="vibe-link-title">Robustness</span>
<span>Investigate how algorithms respond to query difficulty.</span>
</a>
</nav>

<div class="vibe-action-grid">
<section class="vibe-action-card" id="run-vibe">
<h4>Run VIBE</h4>
<p>The benchmark code and instructions for running it are available
on <a href="https://github.com/vector-index-bench/vibe/">GitHub</a>.</p>
</section>

<section class="vibe-action-card" id="extend-vibe">
<h4>Extend VIBE</h4>
<p>Interested in contributing? Follow the guides for
<a href="https://github.com/vector-index-bench/vibe/blob/main/docs/NEW_METHOD.md">adding a new method</a>
or <a href="https://github.com/vector-index-bench/vibe/blob/main/docs/NEW_DATASET.md">a new dataset</a>.</p>
</section>
</div>

<section class="vibe-citation" id="citation">
<h4>Citation</h4>
<p>If you find our work useful, please cite:</p>
<p class="vibe-citation-entry">Jääsaari, E., Hyvönen, V., Ceccarello, M., Roos, T., &amp; Aumüller, M. (2025).<br>
<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17810"><em>VIBE: Vector Index Benchmark for Embeddings</em></a>. arXiv:2505.17810.</p>
</section>
</div>