Bge Large En v1.5

Sep 2023
Bge Large En v1.5
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$0.01per 1M tokens
55.4MTEB English v2
Sep 2023released
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1K tokensMax input
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1Voyage 4 Large69.22Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF1664.83Octen Embedding 4B64.64Octen Embedding 4B INT864.25NV Embed v261.5
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107Bilingual Embedding Small26.8108Bge Large En v1.526.4109Sentence Croissant Alpha v0.226

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Embeddings & Retrieval#57 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iCheaperE5 Base v2unstatedOpen-4%-50%$0.005BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×2.3same$0.01Languages: not verified+1OpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16×2.5——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 4.8 GBtCheaperGte BaseunstatedOpen-10%-50%$0.005CheaperBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen-11%-50%$0.005

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
26.52727.528Release dateRTEB French betaBge Large Env1.5
26.52727.528Release dateRTEB French betaBge Large Env1.5

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English54.3#53
BEIR · Mean over task types · English54.3#53
BEIR · Retrieval · English54.3#53
BRIGHT · Mean over tasks · English13.6#18
BRIGHT · Mean over task types · English13.6#18
BRIGHT · Retrieval · English13.6#18
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)70.9#18
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)50.7#21
ChemTEB · Classification · English82.2#17
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English73.9#13
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)58#21
ChemTEB · Clustering · English39.2#28
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.2#29
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian43.3#71
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese18.5#102
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese62.2#100
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English40.1#76
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English40.1#76
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English40.1#76
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German43#42
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German42.2#43
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German27.6#60
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German41.1#42
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German50.8#87
MTEB German v1 · STS · German53.7#63
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German49.1#121
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German30.9#68
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)48.5#40
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)43.1#39
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)42.3#66
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)68.2#43
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)41.8#107
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)51.1#70
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)37.1#85
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.3#135
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)84.1#71
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)51.9#88
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)13.6#79
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)51.5#37
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)52.6#39
MTEB French v1 · STS · French73.8#40
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)39.9#60
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French70#60
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French43.7#35
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French56#65
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French29.5#107
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French55#145
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)31.8#103
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)22.9#94
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)41.6#119
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)14#99
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)3.4#114
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)41.7#151
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi52.8#144
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)3.9#135
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)2.9#165
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean34.7#69
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean23.8#66
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean20.6#122
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch42.8#70
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch50.1#71
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch48.3#83
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch25#74
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch42.5#64
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch63#81
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch31.9#67
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch60.4#97
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch79.6#120
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish64#101
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish41.3#93
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish56.2#73
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese20.5#67
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)39.6#89
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)39.6#89
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)39.6#89
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English35.4#121
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese19.3#144
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-2.3#135
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-2.3#135
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-2.3#135
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish60.3#101
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)67.7#44
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish42.2#63
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish42.5#69
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.3#170
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.4#152
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)34.8#79
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)48.7#96
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)62.3#118
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian32.3#60
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian33.3#59
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian33.7#101
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian44.9#89
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian36.8#78
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian19#106
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian47.6#161
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian24#52
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian27.1#96
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English58.2#44
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)26.4#108
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German16.6#135
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)46.1#56
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)31.7#131
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)45.1#68
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)39.1#66
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)48#103
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)41.4#76
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)60.1#76
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)72#114
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)39#101
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)26.7#112
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-2.3#135
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)17.7#84
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)48.8#92

FAQ

How much does Bge Large En v1.5 cost?›

$0.01 per 1M tokens.

Is Bge Large En v1.5 free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.01 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

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

#57 of 200 in Embeddings.

Is Bge Large En v1.5 better than Bilingual Embedding Small?›

On RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages), Bge Large En v1.5 scores 26.4 vs 26.8 — about the same.

How can I use Bge Large En v1.5?›

Through the BAAI API.

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

Released 2023-09-12. It is the current version in its line.

Is Bge Large En v1.5 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Bge Large En v1.5 locally?›

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

What is Bge Large En v1.5?›

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

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

E5 Base v2 (cheaper), Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16 (open weights).