whisperkit-coreml vs whisper-medium-gguf

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

argmaxinc · A
Params
Context
30d
11.1 M
mit · commercial OK
handy-computer · B
Params
Context
30d
529 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification whisperkit-coreml whisper-medium-gguf
Parameters
Architecture
Context length
Licence mit apache-2.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages 99
Downloads 30d 11,101,198 529,098
Downloads all time 75.5 M 1.5 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 56 days (28 Jul – 21 Sep)

11.7 M443 K
whisperkit-coreml whisper-medium-gguf

VRAM side by side

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

whisper-medium-gguf · Q4_K_M 1.1 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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