"Baden" was long at the waterline, and long overall. She had a draft of between . "Baden" displaced at her designed displacement, which did not include a full load of combat supplies, fuel, and other operational necessities; at full combat load, she displaced up to . "Baden"s displacement was more than greater than that of the preceding ships, making her the largest battleship built by the Imperial Navy. "Baden" was powered by three sets of Schichau steam turbines, with steam provided by fourteen water-tube boilers, of which eleven were coal-fired and three were oil burning. The propulsion system was rated at and produced a maximum of on trials. Her design speed was , but "Baden" achieved a maximum speed of . Upon commissioning, she carried a crew of 42 officers and 1,129 enlisted men.