whisper-large-v3-turbo vs whisper-medium-gguf

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

handy-computer · B

Params

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Context

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30d

518 K

apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification	whisper-large-v3-turbo	whisper-medium-gguf
Parameters	810 M	—
Architecture	WhisperForConditionalGeneration	—
Context length	—	—
Licence	mit	apache-2.0
Commercial use	Allowed	Allowed
Languages	99	99
Downloads 30d	8,715,451	518,058
Downloads all time	106.8 M	585 K
Quantizations on the Hub	SAFETENSORS	GGUF
Gated	No	No
First seen on the Hub	2024-10-01	2026-04-27

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

8.7 M443 K

whisper-large-v3-turbo whisper-medium-gguf

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

whisper-medium-gguf · Q4_K_M 1.1 GB / 24 GB

✅ Runs comfortably

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

✅ Runs comfortably