distil-large-v3 vs wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-japanese

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

distil-whisper · A · Open weights
Params
760 M
Context
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30d
747 K
mit · commercial OK
jonatasgrosman · B · Open weights
Params
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Context
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30d
16.2 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification distil-large-v3 wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-japanese
Parameters 760 M —
Architecture WhisperForConditionalGeneration Wav2Vec2ForCTC
Context length — —
Licence mit apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 1 1
Downloads 30d 747,061 16,184,839
Downloads all time 21.5 M 127.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS —
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-03-21 2022-03-02

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

17.9 M500 K
distil-large-v3 wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-japanese

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

distil-large-v3 · fp16 5.6 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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