Bge Small En
Aug 2023
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Bge Small En measured on 13 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks13
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83.8MTEB English v2
Aug 2023released
384Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
enLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+4%—$0.002Languages: not verified+1KOpenQZhou Embeddingunstated+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.2 GBBetterBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+3%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBBetterBge En IclunstatedOpen+5%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+4%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
EmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+4%—$0.002Languages: not verified+1Bge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+3%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBBge En IclunstatedOpen+5%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+4%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Bge Large En v1.5unstatedOpen+4%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
KQZhou EmbeddingunstatedOpen+10%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.2 GBiJasper Token Compression 600MunstatedOpen+8%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.4 GBKNano Em1 0.6B v2.1unstatedOpen+7%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.4 GB
NV Embed v2unstatedOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.7 GBaLGAI Embedding PreviewunstatedOpen+6%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 4.3 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Bge En IclunstatedOpen+5%—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Bge Large En v1.5unstatedOpen+4%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GBBge Base En v1.5unstatedOpen+3%—$0.005Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBBge Large EnunstatedOpen+3%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GBBge Base EnunstatedOpen+3%——Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.1 GBBge Multilingual Gemma2unstatedOpen+3%—$0.11Languages: not verified+1Bge Small En v1.5unstatedOpen+1%—$0.02Bge M3unstatedOpenn/a—$0.01Languages: not verified+1All BAAI models →Run it yourself
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LicenceMITfree for commercial use
History
2 versionsBenchmarks
in Embeddings & RetrievalBEIR · Retrieval · English51.8#81
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?›
#128 of 238 in Embeddings.
Is Bge Small En better than Gtr T5 Base?›
On MTEB English v2 · Pair Classification · English, Bge Small En scores 83.8 vs 83.8 — 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?›
EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), QZhou Embedding (open weights).