bge-m3 vs snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
Snowflake · B · Open weights
Params
570 M
Context
8,192
30d
3.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 570 M |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | XLMRobertaModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 8,192 |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 74 |
| Downloads 30d | 29,564,329 | 3,554,646 |
| Downloads all time | 362.4 M | 18.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2024-11-08 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
38.2 M678 K
bge-m3
snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
snowflake-arctic-embed-l-v2.0 · fp16
3.1 GB / 24 GB