whisper-large-v3-turbo vs parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2

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

mlx-community · B

Params

620 M

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-tdt-0.6b-v2
Parameters	810 M	620 M
Architecture	WhisperForConditionalGeneration	—
Context length	—	—
Licence	mit	cc-by-4.0
Commercial use	Allowed	Allowed
Languages	99	—
Downloads 30d	8,715,451	1,870,132
Downloads all time	106.8 M	8.9 M
Quantizations on the Hub	SAFETENSORS	SAFETENSORS
Gated	No	No
First seen on the Hub	2024-10-01	2025-05-06

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

8.7 M1.7 M

whisper-large-v3-turbo parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2

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

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

✅ Runs comfortably

parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2 · fp16 3.3 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably