id: BAAI__bge-reranker-v2-m3__candidate
status: candidate
name: bge-reranker-v2-m3
org: BAAI
source:
  kind: huggingface
  url: https://huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3
  revision: main
  model_card_url: https://huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3
license:
  spdx: Apache-2.0
  url: https://huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3
  allows_offline_retention: true
  allows_local_ops: true
  allows_fine_tune: true
  notes: "Confirm SPDX on card."
size:
  total_bytes: 0
  total_human: "~1–2 GB (estimate)"
hardware_class:
  min_vram_gb_q4: 1
  min_vram_gb_fp16: 2
  notes: "Companion to bge-m3"
axes: [B]
priority: medium
collection:
  approved_by: ""
  approved_at: null
  downloaded_at: null
  downloaded_by: ""
  storage_path: ""
  brief_refs:
    - research/2026-07-24-baseline-field-survey.md
reason: "P1 — cheap RAG quality win as companion to BGE-M3."
tags: [reranker, rag]
companions:
  - BAAI__bge-m3__candidate
notes: ""
history:
  - at: "2026-07-24"
    event: nominated
    by: baseline-survey
    detail: "P1 recommendation from initial deep research."