bge-small-en-v1.5 vs mimi

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

BAAI · A · Open weights
Params
30 M
Context
512
30d
47.6 M
mit · commercial OK
kyutai · B · Open weights
Params
100 M
Context
8,000
30d
458 K
cc-by-4.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification bge-small-en-v1.5 mimi
Parameters 30 M 100 M
Architecture BertModel MimiModel
Context length 512 8,000
Licence mit cc-by-4.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 1 —
Downloads 30d 47,585,573 457,717
Downloads all time 556.3 M 22.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-09-12 2024-09-10

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

74.3 M458 K
bge-small-en-v1.5 mimi

VRAM side by side

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

bge-small-en-v1.5 · fp16 0.7 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
mimi · fp16 0.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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