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.
| Field | BGE Base EN v1.5 | BGE 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 |
| Context | 512 +93.8% | 8K |
| Max output | — | — |
| Providers | 2 +66.7% | 6 |
| Regions | — | — |
| Accepts | — | text |
| Returns | — | text |
| Type | Embeddings | Embeddings |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | deepinfra | deepinfra |
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