bge-m3 vs Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
Qwen · B · Open weights
Params
8.1 B
Context
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30d
690 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 8.1 B |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | Qwen3VLForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | 8,192 | — |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 29,564,329 | 690,297 |
| Downloads all time | 362.4 M | 12.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2026-01-07 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
38.2 M690 K
bge-m3
Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-VL-Embedding-8B · fp16
19.6 GB / 24 GB