whisperkit-coreml vs distil-large-v3

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 21 September 2026.

argmaxinc · A
Params
Context
30d
11.1 M
mit · commercial OK
distil-whisper · B
Params
760 M
Context
30d
517 K
mit · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification whisperkit-coreml distil-large-v3
Parameters 760 M
Architecture WhisperForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence mit mit
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 1
Downloads 30d 11,101,198 517,023
Downloads all time 75.5 M 20.4 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-02-28 2024-03-21

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

11.7 M511 K
whisperkit-coreml distil-large-v3

VRAM side by side

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

distil-large-v3 · fp16 5.6 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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