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

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

BAAI · A · Open weights
Params
20 M
Context
512
30d
3.1 M
mit · commercial OK
unsloth · B · Open weights
Params
33 M
Context
512
30d
470 K
mit · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification bge-small-zh-v1.5 bge-small-en-v1.5
Parameters 20 M 33 M
Architecture BertModel BertModel
Context length 512 512
Licence mit mit
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 1 1
Downloads 30d 3,096,936 470,318
Downloads all time 34.6 M 1.4 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-09-12 2026-06-01

Download trend

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

5.1 M361 K
bge-small-zh-v1.5 bge-small-en-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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