compare/Nova-3vsBge-M3

Nova-3 vs Bge-M3

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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 Nova-3
deepgram/nova-3
Bge-M3
baai/bge-m3
ProviderDeepgramBAAI
FamilyNovaBGE
Modalityaudio-sttembedding
Context window60,000 tok
Max output
Released2025-06-052024-05-22
Input price$0.0052 /min$0.012 /1M
Output price
Cache read
Tools
Streamingyes
Vision
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Nova-3
deepgram/nova-3
Full spec →

Transcribe audio using Deepgram’s speech-to-text model

Strengths
  • Real-time streaming
  • 95%+ accuracy on noisy audio
  • 40+ languages
Bge-M3
baai/bge-m3
Full spec →

Multi-Functionality, Multi-Linguality, and Multi-Granularity embeddings model.

Strengths
  • Multi-lingual (100+ languages)
  • Strong on retrieval
  • Open-weight
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try Nova-3
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepgram/nova-3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Bge-M3 — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="baai/bge-m3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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