whisper-large-v3-turbo vs parakeet-ctc-1.1b

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

openai · A

Params

810 M

Context

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30d

8.7 M

mit · commercial OK

nvidia · B

Params

1.1 B

Context

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30d

1.9 M

cc-by-4.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification	whisper-large-v3-turbo	parakeet-ctc-1.1b
Parameters	810 M	1.1 B
Architecture	WhisperForConditionalGeneration	ParakeetForCTC
Context length	—	—
Licence	mit	cc-by-4.0
Commercial use	Allowed	Allowed
Languages	99	1
Downloads 30d	8,715,451	1,852,566
Downloads all time	106.8 M	7.7 M
Quantizations on the Hub	SAFETENSORS	GGUF, SAFETENSORS
Gated	No	No
First seen on the Hub	2024-10-01	2023-12-28

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

8.7 M1.5 M

whisper-large-v3-turbo parakeet-ctc-1.1b

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

whisper-large-v3-turbo · fp16 2.4 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably

parakeet-ctc-1.1b · fp16 5.3 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably