bge-m3 vs USER2-base
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-m3 | USER2-base |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 149 M |
| Architecture | XLMRobertaModel | ModernBertModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 8,192 |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 29,621,818 | 739,877 |
| Downloads all time | 344.4 M | 1.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-01-27 | 2025-02-25 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 89 days (28 Jul – 24 Oct)
38.2 M411 K
bge-m3
USER2-base
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
USER2-base · fp16
1.2 GB / 24 GB