granite-embedding-small-english-r2 vs bge-large-zh-v1.5
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.
ibm-granite · A
Params
50 M
Context
8,192
30d
6.3 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | granite-embedding-small-english-r2 | bge-large-zh-v1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 50 M | — |
| Architecture | ModernBertModel | BertModel |
| Context length | 8,192 | 512 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 6,277,600 | 1,054,350 |
| Downloads all time | 24.3 M | 27.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | — |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-07-17 | 2023-09-12 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)
6.4 M1.1 M
granite-embedding-small-english-r2
bge-large-zh-v1.5
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
granite-embedding-small-english-r2 · fp16
0.6 GB / 24 GB