Bge Base En

Aug 2023
Bge Base En
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86MTEB English v2
Aug 2023released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
enLanguages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

Full ranking →
1Inf Retriever v181.62ICT TIME And Querit Embedding v180.93F2LLM v2 14B78.74BOOM 4B v177.85Inf Retriever v1 1.5B77.5
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45All MiniLM L6 v263.746Bge Base En62.447Multi Qa Mpnet Base Dot v161.2

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+18%—$0.005iOpenInf Retriever v1unstated+31%——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.2 GBiBetterE5 Base v2unstatedOpen+16%—$0.005iBetterE5 Large v2unstatedOpen+23%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.2 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+20%—$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

History

2 versions
657075Release dateChemTEB · RetrievalBge Base Env1.5
657075Release dateChemTEB · RetrievalBge Base Env1.5

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English53#69
BEIR · Mean over task types · English53#69
BEIR · Retrieval · English53#69
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)69.2#29
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)48.6#32
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English62.4#46
ChemTEB · Clustering · English43.7#26
ChemTEB · Classification · English81#28
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.2#28
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)55.7#32
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.1#169
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-3.1#169
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-3.1#169
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-3.1#169
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English53.6#64
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)20.5#130
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German16.2#147
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)42#66
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)31.2#142
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.1#169

FAQ

How much does Bge Base En cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.

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

#59 of 238 in Embeddings.

Is Bge Base En better than All MiniLM L6 v2?›

On ChemTEB · Retrieval · English, Bge Base En scores 62.4 vs 63.7 — lower.

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

Released 2023-08-05. It is the current version in its line.

Is Bge Base En open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Bge Base En locally?›

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

What is Bge Base En?›

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

What are the best alternatives to Bge Base En?›

Bge Base En v1.5 (better), Inf Retriever v1 (open weights).