whisperkit-coreml vs whisper-large-v3-gguf

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

argmaxinc · A · Open weights
Params
—
Context
—
30d
51.6 M
mit · commercial OK
handy-computer · B · Open weights
Params
1.5 B
Context
—
30d
692 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification whisperkit-coreml whisper-large-v3-gguf
Parameters — 1.5 B
Architecture — —
Context length — —
Licence mit apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — 100
Downloads 30d 51,550,655 692,389
Downloads all time 135.3 M 1.8 M
Quantizations on the Hub — GGUF
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-02-28 2026-04-27

Download trend

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

51.6 M310 K
whisperkit-coreml whisper-large-v3-gguf

VRAM side by side

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

whisper-large-v3-gguf · Q4_K_M 1.8 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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