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

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

jonatasgrosman · A · Open weights
Params
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Context
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30d
3.8 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
openai · B · Open weights
Params
40 M
Context
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30d
650 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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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 3,771,876 650,245
Downloads all time 145.2 M 23.9 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 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

4.4 M650 K
wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-russian 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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