bge-small-en-v1.5 vs llama-nemotron-embed-1b-v2
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-small-en-v1.5 | llama-nemotron-embed-1b-v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 30 M | 1.2 B |
| Architecture | BertModel | LlamaBidirectionalModel |
| Context length | 512 | 131,072 |
| Licence | mit | other |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 64,447,211 | 425,488 |
| Downloads all time | 466.2 M | 4.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2023-09-12 | 2025-10-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
74.3 M425 K
bge-small-en-v1.5
llama-nemotron-embed-1b-v2
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
bge-small-en-v1.5 · fp16
0.7 GB / 24 GB
llama-nemotron-embed-1b-v2 · fp16 @ 128K ctx
6.2 GB / 24 GB