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

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

openai · A

Params

70 M

Context

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30d

1.5 M

apache-2.0 · commercial OK

jonatasgrosman · B

Params

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Context

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30d

4.1 M

apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification	whisper-base	wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-russian
Parameters	70 M	—
Architecture	WhisperForConditionalGeneration	Wav2Vec2ForCTC
Context length	—	—
Licence	apache-2.0	apache-2.0
Commercial use	Allowed	Allowed
Languages	99	1
Downloads 30d	1,544,243	4,144,443
Downloads all time	49.4 M	138.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub	SAFETENSORS	—
Gated	No	No
First seen on the Hub	2022-09-26	2022-03-02

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

6.4 M1.5 M

whisper-base wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-russian

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

whisper-base · fp16 0.8 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably