whisper-base vs VibeVoice-ASR

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 28 July 2026.

openai · A
Params
70 M
Context
30d
4.8 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
microsoft · B
Params
8.7 B
Context
30d
695 K
mit · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification whisper-base VibeVoice-ASR
Parameters 70 M 8.7 B
Architecture WhisperForConditionalGeneration VibeVoiceForASRTraining
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 mit
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 99 51
Downloads 30d 4,759,784 694,919
Downloads all time 46.7 M 4.2 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2022-09-26 2026-01-21

Download trend

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

6.4 M679 K
whisper-base VibeVoice-ASR

VRAM side by side

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

whisper-base · fp16 0.8 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
VibeVoice-ASR · fp16 20.9 GB / 24 GB
⚠️ Tight — reduce context

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