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

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

jonatasgrosman · A

Params

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Context

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30d

4.1 M

apache-2.0 · commercial OK

openai · B

Params

40 M

Context

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30d

1.7 M

apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification	wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-russian	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	4,144,443	1,653,946
Downloads all time	138.7 M	22.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub	—	SAFETENSORS
Gated	No	No
First seen on the Hub	2022-03-02	2022-09-26

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

4.2 M1.3 M

wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-russian whisper-tiny

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

whisper-tiny · fp16 0.7 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably