# BGE M3

> BGE M3 is an open-weight language model from Baai, released on 30 Jan 2024. It accepts text and generates text, with a 8K-token context window and up to 1K output tokens per response. As of 17 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.01 per million input tokens and Free per million output tokens (Novita AI), across 2 providers we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/bge-m3
Last verified: 17 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Baai
- **Release date:** 30 Jan 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/baai/bge-m3.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/baai/bge-m3.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/baai/bge-m3.toml)
- **Context window:** 8K (8,192 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/baai/bge-m3.toml)
- **Max output:** 1K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/baai/bge-m3.toml)
- **Input:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/baai/bge-m3.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/baai/bge-m3.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/baai/bge-m3.toml)
- **Tool calling:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/baai/bge-m3.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA NIM | Free | Free | – | 8K |
| Novita AI | $0.01 | Free | – | 8K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of BGE M3?

BGE M3 has a context window of 8,192 tokens (8K) and can generate up to 1,024 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the BGE M3 API cost?

BGE M3 is listed from $0.01 per million input tokens and Free per million output tokens (Novita AI). Prices last verified 17 Oct 2026.

### Is BGE M3 open source?

BGE M3 is an open-weight model. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was BGE M3 released?

Baai released BGE M3 on 30 Jan 2024, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer BGE M3?

We track BGE M3 on 2 providers: NVIDIA NIM, Novita AI.

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