bge-m3 vs nomic-embed-text-v1.5
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | nomic-embed-text-v1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 140 M |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | NomicBertModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 2,048 |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 34,991,851 | 15,688,935 |
| Downloads all time | 250.3 M | 132.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2024-02-10 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
35.5 M14.8 M
bge-m3
nomic-embed-text-v1.5
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
nomic-embed-text-v1.5 · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB