mimi vs bge-base-en

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

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

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification mimi bge-base-en
Parameters 100 M 110 M
Architecture MimiModel BertModel
Context length 8,000 512
Licence cc-by-4.0 mit
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — 1
Downloads 30d 457,717 2,681,684
Downloads all time 22.3 M 14.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-09-10 2023-08-05

Download trend

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

2.7 M458 K
mimi bge-base-en

VRAM side by side

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

mimi · fp16 0.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
bge-base-en · fp16 1.0 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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