whisperkit-coreml vs whisper-tiny

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 6 August 2026.

argmaxinc · A
Params
Context
30d
8.3 M
openai · B
Params
40 M
Context
30d
2.0 M
apache-2.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification whisperkit-coreml whisper-tiny
Parameters 40 M
Architecture WhisperForConditionalGeneration
Context length
Licence apache-2.0
Commercial use Unknown Allowed
Languages 99
Downloads 30d 8,311,832 2,026,008
Downloads all time 57.2 M 20.3 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 10 days (28 Jul – 6 Aug)

8.3 M1.8 M
whisperkit-coreml whisper-tiny

VRAM side by side

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

whisper-tiny · fp16 0.7 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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