Bge M3

Jun 2024
Bge M3
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$0.01per 1M tokens
32.2MTEB Medical v1
Jun 2024released
1,024Dimensions
8K tokensMax input

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

Full ranking →
1Llama Embed Nemotron 8B83.92Linq Embed Mistral82.93BidirLM 1B Embedding82.44Qwen 3 Embedding 8B82.45Arabic English Sts Matryoshka82.2
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29EmbeddingGemma 300M78.330Bge M378.331Euler Legal Embedding v178.2

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpensame-80%$0.002Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokensBetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+5%same$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBOpenLlama Embed Nemotron 8B+7%——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+4%same$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokensiBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+3%same$0.01Max input: 8K tokens → 1K tokens

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-NL · Mean over tasks · Dutch44.7#5
BEIR-NL · Mean over task types · Dutch44.7#5
BEIR-NL · Retrieval · Dutch44.7#5
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)69.6#27
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)50.3#23
ChemTEB · Classification · English80.7#30
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English70.5#27
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)55.4#32
ChemTEB · Clustering · English44.7#24
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.1#44
MTEB Persian v2 · Mean over tasks · Persian65.6#10
MTEB Persian v2 · Mean over task types · Persian68.6#10
MTEB Persian v2 · STS · Persian79.7#6
MTEB Persian v2 · Clustering · Persian57.7#29
MTEB Persian v2 · Classification · Persian65.3#19
MTEB Persian v2 · Retrieval · Persian58.9#6
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian74.6#2
MTEB Persian v2 · Bitext Mining · Persian61.1#16
MTEB Persian v2 · Pair Classification · Persian83.2#15
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese42.6#60
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese79.7#45
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English59.5#37
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English59.5#37
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English59.5#37
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German68.9#26
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)36.9#87
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.1#169
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)57.5#57
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)13.1#90
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French59.2#78
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)86#32
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi77.5#28
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)52.1#24
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)30#72
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch54.8#34
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch61.6#31
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch61.2#34
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch28.7#58
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch60#25
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch79#33
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch35.3#43
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch78.3#30
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch88.7#49
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese19.8#90
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English32.2#174
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese79.2#51
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-3.1#169
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-3.1#169
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-3.1#169
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)64.8#14
MTEB Spanish v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)66.3#12
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish69.3#39
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)78#22
MTEB Spanish v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)49.4#16
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish45.4#36
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish64#5
MTEB Spanish v1 · Classification · Spanish91.8#8
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)64.2#10
MTEB Thai v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)61.8#15
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai36.3#93
MTEB Thai v1 · Classification · Thai64.8#16
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai78.5#26
MTEB Thai v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)66.1#5
MTEB Thai v1 · Reranking · Thai63.2#10
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages)57.9#22
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (6 languages)58.4#23
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)38.8#55
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)61.7#29
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)64#26
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)69.3#52
VN-MTEB Vietnamese v1 · Mean over tasks · Vietnamese53.6#7
VN-MTEB Vietnamese v1 · Mean over task types · Vietnamese63.5#8
VN-MTEB Vietnamese v1 · Classification · Vietnamese67.4#10
VN-MTEB Vietnamese v1 · STS · Vietnamese78.8#14
VN-MTEB Vietnamese v1 · Retrieval · Vietnamese39.8#8
VN-MTEB Vietnamese v1 · Clustering · Vietnamese45.9#13
VN-MTEB Vietnamese v1 · Reranking · Vietnamese64.7#12
VN-MTEB Vietnamese v1 · Pair Classification · Vietnamese84.6#5
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian61.6#24
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian61#20
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian60.4#44
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian73.7#26
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian69.7#15
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian52.4#55
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian60.6#36
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian75.2#10
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian34.9#49
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English57.7#46
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)50.1#41
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German50.4#60
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)55#43
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)44.7#68
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)60.3#39
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)40.9#83
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)74.1#32
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)80.8#31
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)54.6#69
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-3.1#169
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)20.1#59
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)62.8#43

FAQ

How much does Bge M3 cost?›

$0.01 per 1M tokens.

Is Bge M3 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 M3, and what is it best at?›

#163 of 220 in Embeddings.

Is Bge M3 better than EmbeddingGemma 300M?›

On MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch, Bge M3 scores 78.3 vs 78.3 — about the same. It is 400% more expensive.

How can I use Bge M3?›

Through the BAAI API.

When was Bge M3 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2024-06-28. It is the current version in its line.

Is Bge M3 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Bge M3 locally?›

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

What is Bge M3?›

Bge M3 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from BAAI, released Jun 2024.

What are the best alternatives to Bge M3?›

EmbeddingGemma 300M (cheaper), Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Llama Embed Nemotron 8B (open weights).