nomic-embed-text-v1.5 vs bge-small-en-v1.5-onnx-Q
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | nomic-embed-text-v1.5 | bge-small-en-v1.5-onnx-Q |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 140 M | — |
| Architecture | NomicBertModel | BertModel |
| Context length | 2,048 | 512 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 1 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 15,688,935 | 818,051 |
| Downloads all time | 132.5 M | 8.5 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | — |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-02-10 | 2024-01-15 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
15.7 M786 K
nomic-embed-text-v1.5
bge-small-en-v1.5-onnx-Q
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
nomic-embed-text-v1.5 · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB