whisper-base vs whisper-tiny
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | whisper-base | whisper-tiny |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 70 M | 40 M |
| Architecture | WhisperForConditionalGeneration | WhisperForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 99 | 99 |
| Downloads 30d | 4,759,784 | 2,026,008 |
| Downloads all time | 46.7 M | 20.3 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| Common Voice 11.0 (reported) | 131 | 141 |
| LibriSpeech (clean) (reported) | 5.0087691176193 | 7.54 |
| LibriSpeech (other) (reported) | 12.849362732121 | 17.15 |
| First seen on the Hub | 2022-09-26 | 2022-09-26 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
6.4 M1.8 M
whisper-base
whisper-tiny
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
whisper-tiny · fp16
0.7 GB / 24 GB
whisper-base · fp16
0.8 GB / 24 GB