# Comparing similarity of vectors

**URL:** <https://community.pinecone.io/t/comparing-similarity-of-vectors/348>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** vector-database, openaiwebinar\
**Created:** [April 28, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/comparing-similarity-of-vectors/348 "2022-04-28T15:02:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sophiem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@sophiem](https://community.pinecone.io/u/sophiem)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/comparing-similarity-of-vectors/348/1 "2022-04-28T15:02:12Z")

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How do you compare the similarity of the vectors is it just cosine\_similarity?

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**Author:** ![jamesbriggs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.pinecone.io/jamesbriggs/32/52_2.png) [@jamesbriggs](https://community.pinecone.io/u/jamesbriggs)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/comparing-similarity-of-vectors/348/2 "2022-04-29T11:20:05Z")

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In Pinecone specifically you can choose from Cosine, Dotproduct, and Euclidean