wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-portuguese vs whisper-tiny

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

jonatasgrosman · A
Params
Context
30d
5.9 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
openai · B
Params
40 M
Context
30d
1.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-portuguese whisper-tiny
Parameters 40 M
Architecture Wav2Vec2ForCTC WhisperForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 1 99
Downloads 30d 5,937,776 1,653,946
Downloads all time 178.3 M 22.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2022-03-02 2022-09-26

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

6.0 M1.3 M
wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-portuguese whisper-tiny

VRAM side by side

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

whisper-tiny · fp16 0.7 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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