whisper-base vs nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6b-gguf

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.

openai · A
Params
70 M
Context
30d
4.8 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
handy-computer · B
Params
Context
30d
2.0 M

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification whisper-base nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6b-gguf
Parameters 70 M
Architecture WhisperForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 other
Commercial use Allowed Unknown
Languages 99 28
Downloads 30d 4,759,784 2,036,950
Downloads all time 46.7 M 2.4 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS GGUF
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2022-09-26 2026-06-07

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)

6.4 M1.8 M
whisper-base nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6b-gguf

VRAM side by side

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

whisper-base · fp16 0.8 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6b-gguf · Q4_K_M 1.0 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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