bge-base-en-v1.5 vs bge-small-en-v1.5
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 1 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-base-en-v1.5 | bge-small-en-v1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 110 M | — |
| Architecture | BertModel | BertModel |
| Context length | 512 | 512 |
| Licence | mit | — |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 10,035,950 | 440,516 |
| Downloads all time | 554.0 M | 2.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | — |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2023-09-11 | 2023-09-13 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
10.0 M441 K
bge-base-en-v1.5
bge-small-en-v1.5
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
bge-base-en-v1.5 · fp16
1.0 GB / 24 GB