whisperkit-coreml vs whisper-base

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

argmaxinc · A · Open weights
Params
—
Context
—
30d
51.6 M
mit · commercial OK
openai · B · Open weights
Params
70 M
Context
—
30d
4.6 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification whisperkit-coreml whisper-base
Parameters — 70 M
Architecture — WhisperForConditionalGeneration
Context length — —
Licence mit apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — 99
Downloads 30d 51,550,655 4,637,569
Downloads all time 135.3 M 55.3 M
Quantizations on the Hub — SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-02-28 2022-09-26

Download trend

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

51.6 M1.5 M
whisperkit-coreml whisper-base

VRAM side by side

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

whisper-base · fp16 0.8 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

Adjacent comparisons