BGE m3

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Summary: BGE m3 is a versatile multilingual embedding model that supports over 100 languages with an extended 8192 token context window, offering both dense and sparse retrieval capabilities. This model excels in cross-language information retrieval, multilingual document analysis, and global content discovery, making it essential for international applications, multilingual search systems, and global knowledge management platforms where language diversity and long-context understanding are crucial.

Intelligence	Speed	Sovereignty	Input	Output
High	Medium	Medium	Text	Number Vector

Central parameters

Description: Multilingual embedding model by Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence with extended input length support and 1024-dimensional output vectors.

Model identifier: BAAI/bge-m3

IONOS AI Model Hub Lifecycle and Alternatives

IONOS Launch	End of Life	Alternative	Successor
January 1, 2025	N/A	BGE Large V1.5

Origin

Provider	Country	License	Flavor	Release
BAAI	Community	License	-	January 28, 2024

Technology

Input Length	Parameters	Tensor Type	Multilingual
8192	568M	float	Yes

Modalities

Text	Image	Audio
Input and output	Not supported	Not supported

Endpoints

Chat Completions	Embeddings	Image generation
Not supported	v1/embeddings	Not supported

Features

Streaming	Tool calling
Not supported	Not supported

Rate limits

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