whisper-base vs granite-speech-4.1-2b
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 28 July 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | whisper-base | granite-speech-4.1-2b |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 70 M | 2.3 B |
| Architecture | WhisperForConditionalGeneration | GraniteSpeechForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 99 | 7 |
| Downloads 30d | 4,759,784 | 415,201 |
| Downloads all time | 46.7 M | 1.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2022-09-26 | 2026-04-16 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
6.4 M415 K
whisper-base
granite-speech-4.1-2b
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
whisper-base · fp16
0.8 GB / 24 GB
granite-speech-4.1-2b · fp16
6.2 GB / 24 GB