Best hardware to run BGE-M3 Embeddings (class)
The minimum self-hostable option and a comfortable recommended build for BGE-M3 Embeddings (class), plus the top devices that run it well.
Minimum
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GBFits at FP16 (~2GB) with ~8.6GB headroom — about 5 concurrent instances.
Recommended
Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServerFits at FP16 (~2GB) with ~561.2GB headroom — about 281 concurrent instances.
Top devices that run it well
- Supermicro 8x H100 SuperServerSupermicro · AI Servers
Fits at FP16 (~2GB) with ~561.2GB headroom — about 281 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~2GBRuns well - Dell PowerEdge XE9680Dell · AI Servers
Fits at FP16 (~2GB) with ~561.2GB headroom — about 281 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~2GBRuns well - AMD Instinct MI300XAMD · Datacenter GPUs
Fits at FP16 (~2GB) with ~167GB headroom — about 84 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~2GBRuns well - NVIDIA H200 (141GB)NVIDIA · Datacenter GPUs
Fits at FP16 (~2GB) with ~122.1GB headroom — about 62 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~2GBRuns well - Cloud H200 141GB (profile)Cloud · Cloud GPU Profiles
Fits at FP16 (~2GB) with ~122.1GB headroom — about 62 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~2GBRuns well - NVIDIA H100 (80GB)NVIDIA · Datacenter GPUs
Fits at FP16 (~2GB) with ~68.4GB headroom — about 35 concurrent instances.
FP16 · ~2GBRuns well
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