whisper-large-v3 vs wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-russian

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

openai · A · Open weights
Params
1.5 B
Context
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30d
3.5 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
jonatasgrosman · B · Open weights
Params
—
Context
—
30d
3.8 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification whisper-large-v3 wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-russian
Parameters 1.5 B —
Architecture WhisperForConditionalGeneration Wav2Vec2ForCTC
Context length — —
Licence apache-2.0 apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 99 1
Downloads 30d 3,515,562 3,771,876
Downloads all time 153.2 M 145.2 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS —
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2023-11-07 2022-03-02

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

5.1 M3.5 M
whisper-large-v3 wav2vec2-large-xlsr-53-russian

VRAM side by side

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

whisper-large-v3 · fp16 10.9 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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