faster-whisper-small vs whisper-medium
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 2 November 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | faster-whisper-small | whisper-medium |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | — | 760 M |
| Architecture | — | WhisperForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 99 | 99 |
| Downloads 30d | 5,718,052 | 379,408 |
| Downloads all time | 26.0 M | 20.7 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | — | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2023-11-23 | 2022-09-26 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)
5.7 M305 K
faster-whisper-small
whisper-medium
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
whisper-medium · fp16
4.0 GB / 24 GB