Tag: RAG

The Best Local Embedding Model for RAG (I Benchmarked 5 on a 16GB GPU)

By Aditya Raj Singh on July 26, 2026

I benchmarked 5 local embedding models (MiniLM, BGE small/base/large, e5-large) on a 16GB GPU over my own notes. bge-small wins, and here is why bigger earns nothing.