whisper-large-v3 vs cohere-transcribe-03-2026
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | whisper-large-v3 | cohere-transcribe-03-2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1.5 B | 2.1 B |
| Architecture | WhisperForConditionalGeneration | CohereAsrForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | — | — |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 99 | 14 |
| Downloads 30d | 5,497,354 | 1,009,589 |
| Downloads all time | 139.4 M | 2.8 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | Yes — accept licence |
| First seen on the Hub | 2023-11-07 | 2026-03-24 |
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)
6.0 M1.0 M
whisper-large-v3
cohere-transcribe-03-2026
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
cohere-transcribe-03-2026 · fp16
5.4 GB / 24 GB
whisper-large-v3 · fp16
10.9 GB / 24 GB