whisperkit-coreml vs whisper-large-v3

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 20 September 2026.

argmaxinc · A
Params
Context
30d
11.2 M
mit · commercial OK
openai · B
Params
1.5 B
Context
30d
4.7 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification whisperkit-coreml whisper-large-v3
Parameters 1.5 B
Architecture WhisperForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence mit apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 99
Downloads 30d 11,179,551 4,728,343
Downloads all time 75.2 M 146.9 M
Quantizations on the Hub SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-02-28 2023-11-07

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 55 days (28 Jul – 20 Sep)

11.7 M4.4 M
whisperkit-coreml whisper-large-v3

VRAM side by side

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

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

Adjacent comparisons