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Why are our OpenAI API costs so much higher than expected when using embeddings, and how do I optimize our chunk sizes to reduce token consumption immediately?

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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Why are our OpenAI API costs so much higher than expected when using embeddings, and how do I optimize our chunk sizes to reduce token consumption immediately?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
OpenAI API embeddings documentation token limits usage input tokens pricing text-embedding-3-small text-embedding-3-largeGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
OpenAI API pricing embeddings per million tokens officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
OpenAI cookbook embedding long inputs chunking overlap best practicesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigational33%Comparison33%ConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstruction33%Yes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
OpenAI API embeddings documentation token limits usage input tokens pricing text-embedding-3-small text-embedding-3-large Google ↗
OpenAI API pricing embeddings per million tokens official Google ↗
OpenAI cookbook embedding long inputs chunking overlap best practices Google ↗
  1. text-embedding-3-large Model · developers.openai.com
  2. text-embedding-3-small Model · developers.openai.com
  3. Create embeddings · developers.openai.com
  4. Create embeddings · developers.openai.com

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
OpenAI API embeddings documentation token limits usage input tokens pricing text-embedding-3-small text-embedding-3-large
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OpenAI API pricing embeddings per million tokens official
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—Comparison——1x
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OpenAI cookbook embedding long inputs chunking overlap best practices
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—Instruction——1x
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