bge-m3 vs snowflake-arctic-embed-xs
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | snowflake-arctic-embed-xs |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 20 M |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | BertModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 512 |
| Licence | mit | — |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | — | — |
| Downloads 30d | 29,621,818 | 358,988 |
| Downloads all time | 344.4 M | 10.0 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2024-04-12 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 89 days (28 Jul – 24 Oct)
38.2 M359 K
bge-m3
snowflake-arctic-embed-xs
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
snowflake-arctic-embed-xs · fp16
0.6 GB / 24 GB