Octen-Embedding-8B vs gte-base-en-v1.5
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 2 October 2026.
Octen · A · Open weights
Params
7.6 B
Context
40,960
30d
382 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Alibaba-NLP · B · Open weights
Params
137 M
Context
8,192
30d
452 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Octen-Embedding-8B | gte-base-en-v1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 7.6 B | 137 M |
| Architecture | Qwen3Model | NewModel |
| Context length | 40,960 | 8,192 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 3 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 382,321 | 452,209 |
| Downloads all time | 1.5 M | 21.1 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-12-23 | 2024-04-20 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 61 days (11 Sep – 10 Nov)
1.2 M382 K
Octen-Embedding-8B
gte-base-en-v1.5
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
gte-base-en-v1.5 · fp16
1.1 GB / 24 GB
Octen-Embedding-8B · fp16
18.3 GB / 24 GB