whisper-large-v3 vs Qwen3-ASR-1.7B

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

openai · A
Params
1.5 B
Context
30d
5.5 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Qwen · B
Params
2.4 B
Context
30d
2.0 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification whisper-large-v3 Qwen3-ASR-1.7B
Parameters 1.5 B 2.4 B
Architecture WhisperForConditionalGeneration Qwen3ASRForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 99
Downloads 30d 5,497,354 2,028,905
Downloads all time 139.4 M 9.8 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-11-07 2026-01-28

Download trend

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

6.0 M1.9 M
whisper-large-v3 Qwen3-ASR-1.7B

VRAM side by side

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

Qwen3-ASR-1.7B · fp16 6.0 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably
whisper-large-v3 · fp16 10.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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