Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B vs bge-base-en-v1.5
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
600 M
Context
32,768
30d
9.1 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B | bge-base-en-v1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 600 M | 110 M |
| Architecture | Qwen3ForCausalLM | BertModel |
| Context length | 32,768 | 512 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | — | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 9,129,136 | 8,332,043 |
| Downloads all time | 102.8 M | 586.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-06-03 | 2023-09-11 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
12.2 M6.6 M
Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B
bge-base-en-v1.5
A overtook B on 29 Oct
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
bge-base-en-v1.5 · fp16
1.0 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B · fp16
1.9 GB / 24 GB