bge-small-en-v1.5 vs bge-small-zh-v1.5
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| 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 | 64,503,106 | 5,094,242 |
| Downloads all time | 464.1 M | 28.6 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 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)
74.3 M4.5 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
bge-small-en-v1.5 · fp16
0.7 GB / 24 GB