bge-base-en-v1.5 vs e5-mistral-7b-instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 7 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-base-en-v1.5 | e5-mistral-7b-instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 110 M | 7.1 B |
| Architecture | BertModel | MistralModel |
| Context length | 512 | 32,768 |
| Licence | mit | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 2,477,276 | 424,422 |
| Downloads all time | 32.5 M | 7.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2023-09-13 | 2023-12-20 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
2.5 M420 K
bge-base-en-v1.5
e5-mistral-7b-instruct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
e5-mistral-7b-instruct · fp16
17.2 GB / 24 GB