bge-m3 vs sarashina-embedding-v1-1b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | sarashina-embedding-v1-1b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 1.2 B |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | LlamaModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 8,192 |
| Licence | mit | — |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | — | 2 |
| Downloads 30d | 37,633,121 | 413,104 |
| Downloads all time | 310.2 M | 548 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2024-11-22 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
38.2 M408 K
bge-m3
sarashina-embedding-v1-1b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
sarashina-embedding-v1-1b · fp16
6.1 GB / 24 GB