faster-whisper-small vs Qwen3-ASR-1.7B-hf
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 19 October 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | faster-whisper-small | Qwen3-ASR-1.7B-hf |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 2.0 B |
| Architecture | — | Qwen3ASRForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 99 | 30 |
| Downloads 30d | 4,760,236 | 375,545 |
| Downloads all time | 22.5 M | 862 K |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2023-11-23 | 2026-06-26 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (28 Jul – 25 Oct)
4.8 M337 K
faster-whisper-small
Qwen3-ASR-1.7B-hf
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-ASR-1.7B-hf · fp16
5.3 GB / 24 GB
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