bm25 vs nomic-embed-code

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 1 November 2026.

Qdrant · A · Open weights
Params
—
Context
—
30d
905 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
nomic-ai · B · Open weights
Params
7.1 B
Context
32,768
30d
356 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification bm25 nomic-embed-code
Parameters — 7.1 B
Architecture — Qwen2Model
Context length — 32,768
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 18 —
Downloads 30d 904,577 356,168
Downloads all time 10.8 M 3.2 M
Quantizations on the Hub — SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-06-13 2025-03-24

Download trend

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

1.1 M356 K
bm25 nomic-embed-code

VRAM side by side

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

nomic-embed-code · fp16 32.7 GB / 24 GB
❌ Won’t fit

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