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BGE Base EN v1.5 vs BGE M3: API price and specs

BGE Base EN v1.5 is 50% cheaper than BGE M3 on input price.

BGE M3 has a 1500% larger context than BGE Base EN v1.5.

FieldBGE Base EN v1.5BGE M3
Lowest input, per 1M$0.005$0.01 +100%
Median input, per 1M$0.036 +251.4%$0.01025
Lowest output, per 1M—$0.01
Median output, per 1M—$0.01025
Lowest unit price——
Cost of 1M in + 200k out—$0.012
Context512 +93.8%8K
Max output——
Providers2 +66.7%6
Regions——
Accepts—text
Returns—text
TypeEmbeddingsEmbeddings
Free optionnono
Cheapest providerdeepinfradeepinfra

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

cloudflare-workers-ai, deepinfra

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, BGE Base EN v1.5 or BGE M3?

BGE Base EN v1.5 is 50% cheaper than BGE M3 on input price.

Which has the larger context, BGE Base EN v1.5 or BGE M3?

BGE Base EN v1.5: 512 tokens; BGE M3: 8K tokens.

Where can I use both BGE Base EN v1.5 and BGE M3?

cloudflare-workers-ai, deepinfra