Bge Base En v1.5

Sep 2023
Bge Base En v1.5
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$0.005per 1M tokens
54.8MTEB English v2
Sep 2023released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
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Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Qwen 3 Embedding 8B61.82Qwen 3 Embedding 4B61.33F2LLM v2 14B60.84F2LLM v2 8B60.45F2LLM v2 4B59.9
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44E5 Small v241.445Bge Base En v1.541.346Nomic Embed Text v1.541.2

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Embeddings & Retrieval#63 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+5%same$0.005OpenQwen 3 Embedding 8Bunstated+50%+100%$0.01Languages: not verified+1iBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+34%+100%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterE5 Large v2unstatedOpen+9%+100%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.2 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+49%+300%$0.02Languages: not verified+1

Run it yourself

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceMITfree for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English53.2#66
BEIR · Mean over task types · English53.2#66
BEIR · Retrieval · English53.2#66
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)70.5#22
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)51.7#15
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English73.7#18
ChemTEB · Clustering · English46.6#20
ChemTEB · Classification · English81.1#27
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.2#30
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)56.7#27
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian38.5#80
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese18.2#110
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese61.6#107
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English33.9#110
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English33.9#110
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English33.9#110
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German40.5#61
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German39.4#61
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German48.5#108
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German48.9#142
MTEB German v1 · STS · German49.1#95
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German25.2#82
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German38.9#58
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German25.8#81
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)46.9#45
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)41.3#45
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)50.8#83
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-4#196
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)12.6#95
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)66.6#62
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)83.1#99
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)37.1#84
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)40.8#87
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)50.4#106
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)34.1#131
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)49.2#52
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)50.9#50
MTEB French v1 · STS · French70.2#65
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)36.7#78
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French53.4#83
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French42.1#47
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French67.6#82
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French55.6#132
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French30.7#49
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)33.9#81
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)25.9#68
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)43.3#99
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)3.4#120
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)7.4#114
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)53.6#120
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)16.7#91
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi54.1#124
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.1#160
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean46.9#59
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean21.3#121
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean19.9#74
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch41#76
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch48.3#80
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch40.5#70
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch46.7#91
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch30.9#83
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch58.9#91
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch23.7#79
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch78.8#128
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch58.4#123
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over tasks · Polish47.3#58
MTEB Polish v1 · Mean over task types · Polish47.7#57
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish42.3#90
MTEB Polish v1 · Clustering · Polish29#62
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish56.9#72
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish62.6#120
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese18.7#125
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)40.2#87
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)40.2#87
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)40.2#87
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English35.9#104
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese22.1#129
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-4#196
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-4#196
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-4#196
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)62.9#59
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish40.6#80
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish59.3#113
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish38.4#78
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish75.8#55
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.8#127
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.2#180
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)45.1#69
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)46.6#67
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)48.2#114
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)45.6#65
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)33.3#101
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)59.1#144
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian29.6#66
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian30.6#66
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian31.9#108
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian17.6#118
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian33.5#87
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian25.8#132
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian41.5#103
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian17#57
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian47.1#167
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English54.7#60
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)23.4#119
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German16#151
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)43.6#63
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)32.5#130
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)44.5#70
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)38.1#69
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)41.4#77
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)60#78
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)48#105
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)38.6#105
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)16.4#107
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)23.7#127
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-4#196
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)47.6#100
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.7#126

FAQ

How much does Bge Base En v1.5 cost?›

$0.005 per 1M tokens.

Is Bge Base En v1.5 free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.005 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is Bge Base En v1.5, and what is it best at?›

#63 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Bge Base En v1.5 better than E5 Small v2?›

On MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages), Bge Base En v1.5 scores 41.3 vs 41.4 — about the same.

How can I use Bge Base En v1.5?›

Through the BAAI API.

When was Bge Base En v1.5 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2023-09-11. It is the current version in its line.

Is Bge Base En v1.5 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Bge Base En v1.5 locally?›

The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.

What is Bge Base En v1.5?›

Bge Base En v1.5 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from BAAI, released Sep 2023.

What are the best alternatives to Bge Base En v1.5?›

E5 Base v2 (better), Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (open weights).