bge-m3 vs e5-base
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | e5-base |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 110 M |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | BertModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 512 |
| Licence | mit | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 34,991,851 | 989,584 |
| Downloads all time | 250.3 M | 6.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2022-12-26 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
35.5 M990 K
bge-m3
e5-base
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
e5-base · fp16
1.0 GB / 24 GB