SapBERT-from-PubMedBERT-fulltext vs bge-base-en

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

cambridgeltl · A · Open weights
Params
110 M
Context
512
30d
1.4 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
BAAI · B · Open weights
Params
110 M
Context
512
30d
2.7 M
mit · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification SapBERT-from-PubMedBERT-fulltext bge-base-en
Parameters 110 M 110 M
Architecture BertModel BertModel
Context length 512 512
Licence apache-2.0 mit
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 1 1
Downloads 30d 1,415,163 2,681,684
Downloads all time 57.6 M 14.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2022-03-02 2023-08-05

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

2.7 M483 K
SapBERT-from-PubMedBERT-fulltext bge-base-en

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

SapBERT-from-PubMedBERT-fulltext · fp16 1.0 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
bge-base-en · fp16 1.0 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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