mxbai-embed-large-v1 vs bge-small-en-v1.5
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 1 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | mxbai-embed-large-v1 | bge-small-en-v1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 340 M | — |
| Architecture | BertModel | BertModel |
| Context length | 512 | 512 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | — |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 4,888,095 | 440,516 |
| Downloads all time | 89.8 M | 2.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | GGUF, SAFETENSORS | — |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-03-07 | 2023-09-13 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
5.1 M441 K
mxbai-embed-large-v1
bge-small-en-v1.5
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
mxbai-embed-large-v1 · fp16
1.3 GB / 24 GB