BiCA Base measured on 5 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks5
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23.7RTEB French beta
Nov 2025released
768Dimensions
1K tokensMax input
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×2.5—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GB
OpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16×2.7——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.8 GB
BetterBge M3unstatedOpen×2.1—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+99%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+71%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×2.5—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBBge M3unstatedOpen×2.1—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+99%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+71%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiE5 Large v2unstatedOpen+25%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.2 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16Open×2.7——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.8 GBOOcten Embedding 4BOpen×2.7——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2.4 GBOOcten Embedding 4B INT8Open×2.7——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 2.4 GBNV Embed v2unstatedOpen×2.6——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.7 GBOOcten Embedding 8BOpen×2.6——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 4.5 GBRun it yourself
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LicenceMITfree for commercial use
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How much does BiCA Base cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is BiCA Base free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is BiCA Base, and what is it best at?›
#109 of 212 in Embeddings.
Is BiCA Base better than Gte Base?›
On RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages), BiCA Base scores 23.7 vs 23.9 — about the same.
When was BiCA Base released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-11-14. It is the current version in its line.
Is BiCA Base open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
Can I run BiCA Base locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is BiCA Base?›
BiCA Base is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from bisectgroup, released Nov 2025.
What are the best alternatives to BiCA Base?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16 (open weights).