bge-m3 vs e5-small-v2
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | e5-small-v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 30 M |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | BertModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 512 |
| Licence | mit | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 37,633,121 | 558,242 |
| Downloads all time | 310.2 M | 19.9 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2023-05-19 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
38.2 M513 K
bge-m3
e5-small-v2
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
e5-small-v2 · fp16
0.7 GB / 24 GB