Bge Small En v1.5

Sep 2023
Bge Small En v1.5
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$0.02per 1M tokens
53.9MTEB English v2
Sep 2023released
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1K tokensMax input
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Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Octen Law 8B v176.82Litil Embed 0.6B73.33Dinghy Law 8B v172.64Dinghy Law 4B v171.25Euler Legal Embedding v170.4
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98Stella Base En v238.899Bge Small En v1.538.2100Snowflake Arctic Embed S38

Strong at

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Embeddings & Retrieval#70 of 200

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
iCheaperMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+44%-50%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBBetterBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+5%-75%$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBlOpenOcten Law 8B v1×2——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.5 GBiCheaperMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+27%-50%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBiCheaperE5 Large v2unstatedOpen+9%-50%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GB

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 · English51.7#83
BEIR · Mean over task types · English51.7#83
BEIR · Retrieval · English51.7#83
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)69.2#30
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)47.6#37
ChemTEB · Classification · English81.7#23
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English66.7#38
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)55.4#31
ChemTEB · Clustering · English34.3#33
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.1#35
MTEB Persian v2 · Reranking · Persian30.4#107
JMTEB v2 · Clustering · Japanese17.6#109
JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese62.6#94
LongEmbed · Mean over tasks · English32.1#116
LongEmbed · Mean over task types · English32.1#116
LongEmbed · Retrieval · English32.1#116
MTEB German v1 · Mean over tasks · German39.4#62
MTEB German v1 · Mean over task types · German38.7#59
MTEB German v1 · Clustering · German24.1#91
MTEB German v1 · Retrieval · German36#63
MTEB German v1 · Classification · German47.5#118
MTEB German v1 · STS · German49.9#82
MTEB German v1 · Pair Classification · German48.8#141
MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German26#79
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (29 languages)46.1#47
MTEB Europe v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (29 languages)40.9#45
MTEB Europe v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (25 languages)38.5#85
MTEB Europe v1 · STS · multilingual (8 languages)66.8#46
MTEB Europe v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (28 languages)33.2#132
MTEB Europe v1 · Classification · multilingual (23 languages)50.2#87
MTEB Europe v1 · Clustering · multilingual (29 languages)35#113
MTEB Europe v1 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.9#121
MTEB Europe v1 · Pair Classification · multilingual (11 languages)83#88
MTEB Europe v1 · Reranking · multilingual (12 languages)50.2#107
MTEB Europe v1 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (23 languages)13.5#82
MTEB French v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)48.5#56
MTEB French v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (2 languages)49.8#58
MTEB French v1 · STS · French68.1#69
MTEB French v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (2 languages)36.4#75
MTEB French v1 · Reranking · French65.6#84
MTEB French v1 · Clustering · French42.8#39
MTEB French v1 · Classification · French52.2#87
MTEB French v1 · Summarization · French29.6#99
MTEB French v1 · Pair Classification · French54.3#160
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (25 languages)32.1#93
MTEB Indic v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (25 languages)22.5#97
MTEB Indic v1 · Classification · multilingual (8 languages)42.9#97
MTEB Indic v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (14 languages)11.1#117
MTEB Indic v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (20 languages)2.6#127
MTEB Indic v1 · Reranking · multilingual (2 languages)43.5#146
MTEB Indic v1 · Pair Classification · Hindi50.8#169
MTEB Indic v1 · STS · multilingual (13 languages)3.2#141
MTEB Indic v1 · Clustering · multilingual (21 languages)3.1#158
MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean41.4#55
MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean13.5#88
MTEB Korean v2 · Classification · Korean23.1#78
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over tasks · Dutch39.8#85
MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch47.4#85
MTEB Dutch v1 · Classification · Dutch46.6#93
MTEB Dutch v1 · Clustering · Dutch21.6#94
MTEB Dutch v1 · Retrieval · Dutch38.1#78
MTEB Dutch v1 · STS · Dutch59.2#89
MTEB Dutch v1 · Multilabel Classification · Dutch29.4#93
MTEB Dutch v1 · Pair Classification · Dutch58.8#116
MTEB Dutch v1 · Reranking · Dutch78.3#132
MTEB Polish v1 · Pair Classification · Polish65.2#92
MTEB Polish v1 · Classification · Polish40.9#96
MTEB Polish v1 · STS · Polish57#66
MTEB Portuguese v1 · Multilabel Classification · Portuguese18.5#129
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (3 languages)38.2#99
MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages)38.2#99
MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages)38.2#99
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English35.6#115
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese20.9#132
FollowIR · Mean over tasks · English-1.9#121
FollowIR · Mean over task types · English-1.9#121
FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English-1.9#121
MTEB Spanish v1 · Pair Classification · Spanish59.5#109
MTEB Spanish v1 · STS · multilingual (2 languages)63.3#53
MTEB Spanish v1 · Clustering · Spanish39.9#86
MTEB Spanish v1 · Reranking · Spanish36#84
MTEB Thai v1 · Clustering · Thai3.7#143
MTEB Thai v1 · Pair Classification · Thai51.1#164
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Clustering · multilingual (2 languages)32.2#108
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Classification · multilingual (6 languages)48.4#103
MTEB Scandinavian v1 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (3 languages)62.4#114
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over tasks · Russian26.7#74
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Mean over task types · Russian27.6#70
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Classification · Russian29.6#112
MTEB Russian v1.1 · STS · Russian40#106
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Reranking · Russian27.1#98
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Clustering · Russian15.8#120
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Pair Classification · Russian44.2#195
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Retrieval · Russian9.2#67
MTEB Russian v1.1 · Multilabel Classification · Russian27.1#95
RTEB Finnish beta · Mean over tasks · English50.9#70
RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages)17.3#140
RTEB German beta · Mean over tasks · German11.7#172
RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)39.2#70
RTEB Law beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages)29.9#143
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (1037 languages)43.8#73
MTEB multilingual v2 · Mean over task types · multilingual (1037 languages)37.7#72
MTEB multilingual v2 · Classification · multilingual (119 languages)47.4#113
MTEB multilingual v2 · Clustering · multilingual (208 languages)39.9#100
MTEB multilingual v2 · STS · multilingual (35 languages)59.7#80
MTEB multilingual v2 · Pair Classification · multilingual (24 languages)71.6#133
MTEB multilingual v2 · Retrieval · multilingual (120 languages)36.3#121
MTEB multilingual v2 · Bitext Mining · multilingual (1026 languages)23.6#127
MTEB multilingual v2 · Instruction Reranking · English-1.9#121
MTEB multilingual v2 · Multilabel Classification · multilingual (25 languages)17#94
MTEB multilingual v2 · Reranking · multilingual (22 languages)45.9#109

FAQ

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

$0.02 per 1M tokens.

Is Bge Small En v1.5 free to use?›

There is no free API; it costs $0.02 per 1M tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

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

#70 of 200 in Embeddings.

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

On MTEB Law v1 · Retrieval · multilingual (3 languages), Bge Small En v1.5 scores 38.2 vs 38.8 — about the same.

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

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

Is Bge Small En v1.5 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Bge Small En v1.5 locally?›

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

What is Bge Small En v1.5?›

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

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

Multilingual E5 Large Instruct (cheaper), Bge Base En v1.5 (better), Octen Law 8B v1 (open weights).