bge-small-en-v1.5 vs pplx-embed-v1-0.6b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
perplexity-ai · B · Open weights
Params
600 M
Context
32,768
30d
461 K
mit · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | bge-small-en-v1.5 | pplx-embed-v1-0.6b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 30 M | 600 M |
| Architecture | BertModel | PPLXQwen3Model |
| Context length | 512 | 32,768 |
| Licence | mit | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 47,585,573 | 460,968 |
| Downloads all time | 556.3 M | 2.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2023-09-12 | 2026-01-14 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
74.3 M461 K
bge-small-en-v1.5
pplx-embed-v1-0.6b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
bge-small-en-v1.5 · fp16
0.7 GB / 24 GB
pplx-embed-v1-0.6b · fp16
3.2 GB / 24 GB