bge-m3 vs nomic-embed-text-v1
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | nomic-embed-text-v1 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 140 M |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | NomicBertModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 8,192 |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 37,633,121 | 3,157,609 |
| Downloads all time | 310.2 M | 57.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2024-01-31 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
38.2 M3.2 M
bge-m3
nomic-embed-text-v1
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
nomic-embed-text-v1 · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB