Alibaba-NLP (mGTE)

Closed weights Alibaba,Hong Kong Polytechnic University 304M parameters October 2024

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Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Alibaba,Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Organisation type
Industry,Academia
Country
China, Hong Kong
Published
14 October 2024
Authors
Xin Zhang, Yanzhao Zhang, Dingkun Long, Wen Xie, Ziqi Dai, Jialong Tang, Huan Lin, Baosong Yang, Pengjun Xie, Fei Huang, Meishan Zhang, Wenjie Li, Min Zhang

What it does

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Domain
Language
Task
Semantic embedding

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
304M

304M

Training data
tokens

The training run

What it physically took to train: which chips, how many, for how long, and what that drew from the wall.

Training hardware
NVIDIA A100
Chips used
1
Power draw
433 W

How it is classified

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Record confidence
Confident
Citations
302

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
mGTE: Generalized Long-Context Text Representation and Reranking Models for Multilingual Text Retrieval
Last updated
25 May 2026

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

Alibaba-NLP (mGTE) was published by Alibaba,Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in the country recorded as China, during October 2024. The category the publisher falls under is industry,Academia.

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of semantic embedding.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Answers

Alibaba-NLP (mGTE) — common questions

01

Alibaba-NLP (mGTE)— how many parameters does it have?

It has a parameter count of 304M. 304M. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

02

Alibaba-NLP (mGTE)— who created it?

It was published by Alibaba,Hong Kong Polytechnic University, based in China, an organisation categorised as industry,Academia.

03

Alibaba-NLP (mGTE)— when was it released?

It was published in October 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

Alibaba-NLP (mGTE)— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of semantic embedding. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

05

Alibaba-NLP (mGTE)— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

Alibaba-NLP (mGTE)— is it open source?

The licensing was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 25 May 2026

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