Bge Small En

Aug 2023
Bge Small En
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51.8BEIR
Aug 2023released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
enLanguages

Rankingconfiguration unstated?

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1Voyage 3 M Exp68.12Conan Embedding v266.43NV Embed v263.24Qwen 3 Embedding 8B62.85Bge En Icl62.2
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82Nomic Embed Text v1.551.883Bge Small En51.884KaLM Embedding Multilingual Mini Instruct v251.7

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+21%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1OpenNV Embed v2unstated+22%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.7 GBBetterBge En IclunstatedOpen+20%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.3 GBBetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen+7%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterBge Large En v1.5unstatedOpen+5%—$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

History

2 versions
51.751.751.851.8Release dateBEIR · RetrievalBge Small Env1.5
51.751.751.851.8Release dateBEIR · RetrievalBge Small Env1.5

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
BEIR · Mean over tasks · English51.8#83
BEIR · Mean over task types · English51.8#83
BEIR · Retrieval · English51.8#83
ChemTEB · Mean over tasks · multilingual (13 languages)68.7#33
ChemTEB · Mean over task types · multilingual (13 languages)45.9#42
ChemTEB · Retrieval · English55.4#49
ChemTEB · Clustering · English37.3#35
ChemTEB · Classification · English82.2#19
ChemTEB · Bitext Mining · English0.1#42
ChemTEB · Pair Classification · multilingual (13 languages)54.6#40

FAQ

How much does Bge Small En cost?›

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

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

#81 of 196 in Embeddings.

Is Bge Small En better than Nomic Embed Text v1.5?›

On BEIR · Retrieval · English, Bge Small En scores 51.8 vs 51.8 — about the same.

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

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

Is Bge Small En open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).

Can I run Bge Small En locally?›

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

What is Bge Small En?›

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

What are the best alternatives to Bge Small En?›

Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), NV Embed v2 (open weights).