bge-m3 vs nomic-embed-text-v1.5-GGUF
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.
nomic-ai · B · Open weights
Params
140 M
Context
2,048
30d
538 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | nomic-embed-text-v1.5-GGUF |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 140 M |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | — |
| Context length | 8,192 | 2,048 |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 29,621,818 | 538,242 |
| Downloads all time | 344.4 M | 2.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | GGUF |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2024-02-14 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 89 days (28 Jul – 24 Oct)
38.2 M375 K
bge-m3
nomic-embed-text-v1.5-GGUF
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
nomic-embed-text-v1.5-GGUF · Q4_0
0.6 GB / 24 GB