whisper-large-v3-turbo vs wav2vec2-xls-r-300m-sk-cv8
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | whisper-large-v3-turbo | wav2vec2-xls-r-300m-sk-cv8 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 810 M | — |
| Architecture | WhisperForConditionalGeneration | Wav2Vec2ForCTC |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 99 | 1 |
| Downloads 30d | 8,715,451 | 383,146 |
| Downloads all time | 106.8 M | 3.6 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | — |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2024-10-01 | 2022-03-02 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
8.7 M382 K
whisper-large-v3-turbo
wav2vec2-xls-r-300m-sk-cv8
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
whisper-large-v3-turbo · fp16
2.4 GB / 24 GB
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