Qwen3 Reranker 8B vs BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3
Detailed comparison between Qwen3 Reranker 8B and BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3. See which reranker best meets your accuracy and performance needs. If you want to compare these models on your data, try Agentset.
Model Comparison
Qwen3 Reranker 8B takes the lead.
Both Qwen3 Reranker 8B and BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3 are powerful reranking models designed to improve retrieval quality in RAG applications. However, their performance characteristics differ in important ways.
Why Qwen3 Reranker 8B:
- Qwen3 Reranker 8B has 146 higher ELO rating
- Qwen3 Reranker 8B delivers better accuracy (nDCG@10: 0.106 vs 0.084)
- Qwen3 Reranker 8B has a 22.6% higher win rate
Overview
Key metrics
ELO Rating
Overall ranking quality
Qwen3 Reranker 8B
BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3
Win Rate
Head-to-head performance
Qwen3 Reranker 8B
BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3
Accuracy (nDCG@10)
Ranking quality metric
Qwen3 Reranker 8B
BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3
Average Latency
Response time
Qwen3 Reranker 8B
BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3
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Visual Performance Analysis
Performance
ELO Rating Comparison
Win/Loss/Tie Breakdown
Accuracy Across Datasets (nDCG@10)
Latency Distribution (ms)
Breakdown
How the models stack up
| Metric | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Performance | |||
| ELO Rating | 1473 | 1327 | Overall ranking quality based on pairwise comparisons |
| Win Rate | 51.2% | 28.6% | Percentage of comparisons won against other models |
| Pricing & Availability | |||
| Price per 1M tokens | $0.050 | $0.020 | Cost per million tokens processed |
| Release Date | 2025-06-06 | 2023-09-15 | Model release date |
| Accuracy Metrics | |||
| Avg nDCG@10 | 0.106 | 0.084 | Normalized discounted cumulative gain at position 10 |
| Performance Metrics | |||
| Avg Latency | 4687ms | 2383ms | Average response time across all datasets |
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}Dataset Performance
By field
Comprehensive comparison of accuracy metrics (nDCG, Recall) and latency percentiles for each benchmark dataset.
MSMARCO
| Metric | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latency Metrics | |||
| Mean | 1728ms | 2207ms | Average response time |
| P50 | 1624ms | 825ms | 50th percentile (median) |
| P90 | 1679ms | 1247ms | 90th percentile |
arguana
| Metric | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy Metrics | |||
| nDCG@5 | 0.492 | 0.312 | Ranking quality at top 5 results |
| nDCG@10 | 0.519 | 0.386 | Ranking quality at top 10 results |
| Recall@5 | 0.800 | 0.560 | % of relevant docs in top 5 |
| Recall@10 | 0.880 | 0.780 | % of relevant docs in top 10 |
| Latency Metrics | |||
| Mean | 13109ms | 2989ms | Average response time |
| P50 | 2812ms | 1658ms | 50th percentile (median) |
| P90 | 3425ms | 2279ms | 90th percentile |
FiQa
| Metric | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy Metrics | |||
| nDCG@5 | 0.114 | 0.112 | Ranking quality at top 5 results |
| nDCG@10 | 0.118 | 0.120 | Ranking quality at top 10 results |
| Recall@5 | 0.105 | 0.105 | % of relevant docs in top 5 |
| Recall@10 | 0.110 | 0.130 | % of relevant docs in top 10 |
| Latency Metrics | |||
| Mean | 7242ms | 2529ms | Average response time |
| P50 | 2278ms | 1019ms | 50th percentile (median) |
| P90 | 2890ms | 1649ms | 90th percentile |
business reports
| Metric | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latency Metrics | |||
| Mean | 1803ms | 2451ms | Average response time |
| P50 | 1763ms | 895ms | 50th percentile (median) |
| P90 | 2097ms | 1679ms | 90th percentile |
PG
| Metric | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latency Metrics | |||
| Mean | 2567ms | 2034ms | Average response time |
| P50 | 2579ms | 1225ms | 50th percentile (median) |
| P90 | 2634ms | 2091ms | 90th percentile |
DBPedia
| Metric | Qwen3 Reranker 8B | BAAI/BGE Reranker v2 M3 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latency Metrics | |||
| Mean | 1673ms | 2087ms | Average response time |
| P50 | 1673ms | 806ms | 50th percentile (median) |
| P90 | 1787ms | 1068ms | 90th percentile |
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