mteb-retrieval-main-metric
IN premise — summaries/2026/08/24/muennighoff-2022-mteb-s8-tasks.md
Created 2026-08-25T02:58:20+00:00
The main metric for MTEB retrieval evaluation is nDCG@10
Summary
When the system compares embedding models on how well they retrieve relevant documents, the primary score it looks at is nDCG@10, which rewards results that rank the most relevant items near the top of the top-10 list. Every retrieval ranking, model comparison, or "which is better" conclusion the system draws will be grounded in that single number.