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gte-multilingual-base vs multilingual-e5-base
Gte-multilingual-base has 305M parameters and multilingual-e5-base has 278M parameters; gte-multilingual-base is released under Apache License 2.0 and multilingual-e5-base under MIT License; at 16-bit, gte-multilingual-base needs about 0.7 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour) and multilingual-e5-base about 0.7 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour).
| Field | gte-multilingual-base Alibaba-NLP/gte-multilingual-base | multilingual-e5-base intfloat/multilingual-e5-base |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Alibaba-NLP | Liang Wang |
| Task | Sentence similarity | Sentence similarity |
| Modality | Text | Text |
| Parameters, as reported | 305M parameters | 278M parameters |
| Architecture | NewModel | XLMRobertaModel |
| Library | sentence-transformers | sentence-transformers |
| Context length | 8,192 tokens | 514 tokens |
| Repository size | 629.6 MB | 5.3 GB |
| Artifact formats | safetensors | safetensors, onnx, openvino, pytorch |
| License | apache-2.0 | mit |
| Access | Open weights, no gate | Open weights, no gate |
| Memory at 16-bit (weights and margin) | 0.7 GB | 0.7 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 16-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Memory at 4-bit (weights and margin) | 0.2 GB | 0.2 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 4-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Revision viewed | 9bbca17d9273 | d12875059715 |
| Downloads reported by the hub | 1.4M | 7.6M |
| Last observed | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
An evaluation row appears only where at least two of these models report the same benchmark with the same stated configuration, metric, unit and setup. Different evaluators stay named in each cell. Values are shown as reported: no unit conversion, no ranking.
Other Reported Results
These results are listed for each model on its own, because the conditions needed to compare them are not stated or do not match. Two results that leave a condition blank are not assumed to share it.
gte-multilingual-base
| Benchmark | Conditions | Result | Reported by | Revision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTEB 8TagsClustering | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 33.6668 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AFQMC | Configuration defaultTask STSMetric cos_sim_spearmanComparison conditions not established | 43.5476 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ATEC | Configuration defaultTask STSMetric cos_sim_spearmanComparison conditions not established | 48.9119 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AllegroReviews | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 41.6899 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AlloProfClusteringP2P | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 54.2024 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AlloProfClusteringS2S | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 44.3408 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AlloprofReranking | Configuration defaultTask RerankingMetric mapComparison conditions not established | 64.915 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AlloprofRetrieval | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 53.638 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 75.9552 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonPolarityClassification | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 80.7176 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (de) | Configuration deTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 40.108 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 43.642 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (es) | Configuration esTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 40.17 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (fr) | Configuration frTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 39.568 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (ja) | Configuration jaTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 35.75 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (zh) | Configuration zhTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 33.342 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 58.231 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna-PL | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 53.166 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArxivClusteringP2P | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 46.019 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArxivClusteringS2S | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 41.0663 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AskUbuntuDupQuestions | Configuration defaultTask RerankingMetric mapComparison conditions not established | 61.8751 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB BIOSSES | Configuration defaultTask STSMetric cos_sim_spearmanComparison conditions not established | 81.2145 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB BQ | Configuration defaultTask STSMetric cos_sim_spearmanComparison conditions not established | 51.7159 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB BSARDRetrieval | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 26.115 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB BUCC (de-en) | Configuration de-enTask BitextMiningMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 98.6169 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB BUCC (fr-en) | Configuration fr-enTask BitextMiningMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 97.896 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB BUCC (ru-en) | Configuration ru-enTask BitextMiningMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 97.1239 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB BUCC (zh-en) | Configuration zh-enTask BitextMiningMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 98.1569 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB Banking77Classification | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 85.3604 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB BiorxivClusteringP2P | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 37.5904 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB BiorxivClusteringS2S | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 34.2147 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB CBD | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 62.52 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB CDSC-E | Configuration defaultTask PairClassificationMetric cos_sim_apComparison conditions not established | 74.9013 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB CDSC-R | Configuration defaultTask STSMetric cos_sim_spearmanComparison conditions not established | 90.3073 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB CLSClusteringP2P | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 37.9485 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB CLSClusteringS2S | Configuration defaultTask ClusteringMetric v_measureComparison conditions not established | 38.1196 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB CMedQAv1 | Configuration defaultTask RerankingMetric mapComparison conditions not established | 86.1095 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB CMedQAv2 | Configuration defaultTask RerankingMetric mapComparison conditions not established | 87.2804 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB CQADupstackAndroidRetrieval | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 47.099 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB CQADupstackEnglishRetrieval | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric ndcg_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 45.973 | Alibaba-NLP Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
multilingual-e5-base
| Benchmark | Conditions | Result | Reported by | Revision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (de) | Configuration deTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 71.7238 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (de) | Configuration deTask ClassificationMetric apComparison conditions not established | 82.2209 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (de) | Configuration deTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 69.9553 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 78.9701 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric apComparison conditions not established | 43.6935 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 73.3808 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en-ext) | Configuration en-extTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 79.6552 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en-ext) | Configuration en-extTask ClassificationMetric apComparison conditions not established | 28.5079 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (en-ext) | Configuration en-extTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 66.8452 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (ja) | Configuration jaTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 73.3298 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (ja) | Configuration jaTask ClassificationMetric apComparison conditions not established | 20.7205 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonCounterfactualClassification (ja) | Configuration jaTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 59.78 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonPolarityClassification | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 90.6377 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonPolarityClassification | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric apComparison conditions not established | 87.2228 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonPolarityClassification | Configuration defaultTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 90.6038 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (de) | Configuration deTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 41.828 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (de) | Configuration deTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 41.271 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 44.546 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (en) | Configuration enTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 44.0567 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (es) | Configuration esTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 40.534 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (es) | Configuration esTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 39.8207 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (fr) | Configuration frTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 39.684 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (fr) | Configuration frTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 39.1105 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (ja) | Configuration jaTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 37.436 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (ja) | Configuration jaTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 37.0708 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (zh) | Configuration zhTask ClassificationMetric accuracyComparison conditions not established | 37.226 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB AmazonReviewsClassification (zh) | Configuration zhTask ClassificationMetric f1Comparison conditions not established | 36.6537 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_1Comparison conditions not established | 22.831 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 36.42 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_100Comparison conditions not established | 37.699 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_1000Comparison conditions not established | 37.724 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_3Comparison conditions not established | 32.207 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric map_at_5Comparison conditions not established | 34.312 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_1Comparison conditions not established | 23.257 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_10Comparison conditions not established | 36.574 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_100Comparison conditions not established | 37.854 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_1000Comparison conditions not established | 37.878 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| MTEB ArguAna | Configuration defaultTask RetrievalMetric mrr_at_3Comparison conditions not established | 32.385 | intfloat Publisher reported |
Evaluated revision not stated | — |
| mteb/arguana | Task ArguAnaMetric ArguAnaSetup Obtained using MTEB v1.12.75Comparison conditions not established | 44.206 | Obtained using MTEB v1.12.75 Reported by a third party |
Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-02 |
| mteb/arguana | Task ArguAna_default_testMetric ArguAna_default_testSetup Obtained using MTEB v1.12.75Comparison conditions not established | 44.206 | Obtained using MTEB v1.12.75 Reported by a third party |
Evaluated revision not stated | 2026-04-02 |
Questions
Which is larger, gte-multilingual-base or multilingual-e5-base?
gte-multilingual-base (305M parameters) is larger than multilingual-e5-base (278M parameters), by the parameter counts their publishers report.
Which is cheaper to run, gte-multilingual-base or multilingual-e5-base?
At 4-bit, gte-multilingual-base fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour and multilingual-e5-base on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.
Can I use gte-multilingual-base commercially?
Yes. gte-multilingual-base is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.
Can I use multilingual-e5-base commercially?
Yes. multilingual-e5-base is released under MIT License. The MIT License is a short permissive license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution, provided the copyright notice and permission notice are included.