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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1Geevec Embeddings 1.079.92Harrier OSS v1 27B78.33KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 251175.74Octen Embedding 8B71.65Geevec Embeddings 1.0 Lite70.9
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104Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.538.7105Bge Base En v1.538.6106Static Nomic 384 Pten v2 St38.5

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Embeddings & Retrieval#63 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Cheaperpplx Embed v1 0.6BOpen+69%-20%$0.004Languages: not verified+1BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+62%-60%$0.002Languages: not verified+1OpenKaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511+96%——Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+84%+100%$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+67%+100%$0.01Languages: 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 Snowflake Arctic Embed M v1.5?›

On MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages), Bge Base En v1.5 scores 38.6 vs 38.7 — 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?›

pplx Embed v1 0.6B (cheaper), EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), KaLM Embedding Gemma3 12B 2511 (open weights).