bge-large-en-v1.5 vs bge-small-en-v1.5

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 1 August 2026.

BAAI · A
Params
340 M
Context
512
30d
13.1 M
mit · commercial OK
Xenova · B
Params
Context
512
30d
441 K

Specification comparison

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Specification bge-large-en-v1.5 bge-small-en-v1.5
Parameters 340 M
Architecture BertModel BertModel
Context length 512 512
Licence mit
Commercial use Allowed Unknown
Languages 1
Downloads 30d 13,117,894 440,516
Downloads all time 144.9 M 2.1 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-09-12 2023-09-13

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)

13.4 M441 K
bge-large-en-v1.5 bge-small-en-v1.5

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

bge-large-en-v1.5 · fp16 2.0 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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