bge-small-en-v1.5 vs bge-small-zh-v1.5

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.

BAAI · A
Params
30 M
Context
512
30d
72.4 M
mit · commercial OK
BAAI · B
Params
20 M
Context
512
30d
4.8 M
mit · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification bge-small-en-v1.5 bge-small-zh-v1.5
Parameters 30 M 20 M
Architecture BertModel BertModel
Context length 512 512
Licence mit mit
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 1 1
Downloads 30d 72,352,442 4,751,000
Downloads all time 361.0 M 20.9 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-09-12 2023-09-12

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)

72.9 M4.6 M
bge-small-en-v1.5 bge-small-zh-v1.5

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

bge-small-zh-v1.5 · fp16 0.6 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
bge-small-en-v1.5 · fp16 0.7 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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