nomic-embed-text-v1.5 vs msmarco-bert-base-dot-v5
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 | msmarco-bert-base-dot-v5 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 140 M | 110 M |
| Architecture | NomicBertModel | BertModel |
| Context length | 2,048 | 512 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | — |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Unknown |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 15,688,935 | 556,945 |
| Downloads all time | 132.5 M | 10.4 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-02-10 | 2022-03-02 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
15.7 M557 K
nomic-embed-text-v1.5
msmarco-bert-base-dot-v5
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
msmarco-bert-base-dot-v5 · fp16
1.0 GB / 24 GB
nomic-embed-text-v1.5 · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB