Whisper-Large-V3-Turbo: Optimized for Qualcomm Devices
Whisper large-v3-turbo is a finetuned version of a pruned Whisper large-v3. In other words, it's the exact same model, except that the number of decoding layers have reduced from 32 to 4. As a result, the model is way faster, at the expense of a minor quality degradation. This model is based on the transformer architecture and has been optimized for edge inference by replacing Multi-Head Attention (MHA) with Single-Head Attention (SHA) and linear layers with convolutional (conv) layers. It exhibits robust performance in realistic, noisy environments, making it highly reliable for real-world applications. Specifically, it excels in long-form transcription, capable of accurately transcribing audio clips up to 30 seconds long. Time to the first token is the encoder's latency, while time to each additional token is decoder's latency, where we assume a max decoded length specified below.
This is based on the implementation of Whisper-Large-V3-Turbo found here. This repository contains pre-exported model files optimized for Qualcomm® devices. You can use the Qualcomm® AI Hub Models library to export with custom configurations. More details on model performance across various devices, can be found here.
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Deploying Whisper-Large-V3-Turbo on-device
This model is compatible with the Qualcomm Voice AI SDK. Download the SDK from the Qualcomm Package Manager to deploy this model on-device.
Getting Started
There are two ways to deploy this model on your device:
Option 1: Download Pre-Exported Models
Below are pre-exported model assets ready for deployment.
| Runtime | Precision | Chipset | SDK Versions | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50, ONNX Runtime 1.30.0 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50, ONNX Runtime 1.30.0 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | QAIRT 2.50, ONNX Runtime 1.30.0 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | QAIRT 2.50, ONNX Runtime 1.30.0 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50, ONNX Runtime 1.30.0 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | QAIRT 2.50, ONNX Runtime 1.30.0 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | QAIRT 2.50, ONNX Runtime 1.30.0 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | QAIRT 2.50, ONNX Runtime 1.30.0 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® SA8775P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® SA7255P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8775P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA7255P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | QAIRT 2.50 | Download |
For more device-specific assets and performance metrics, visit Whisper-Large-V3-Turbo on Qualcomm® AI Hub.
Option 2: Export with Custom Configurations
Use the Qualcomm® AI Hub Models Python library to compile and export the model with your own:
- Custom weights (e.g., fine-tuned checkpoints)
- Custom input shapes
- Target device and runtime configurations
This option is ideal if you need to customize the model beyond the default configuration provided here.
See our repository for Whisper-Large-V3-Turbo on GitHub for usage instructions.
Model Details
Model Type: Model_use_case.speech_recognition
Model Stats:
- Input resolution: 128x3000 (30 seconds audio)
- Max decoded sequence length: 200 tokens
- Model checkpoint: openai/whisper-large-v3-turbo
Performance Summary
| Model | Runtime | Precision | Chipset | Inference Time (ms) | Peak Memory Range (MB) | Primary Compute Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 6.469 ms | 21 - 32 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 6.755 ms | 19 - 31 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 5.082 ms | 33 - 33 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 8.525 ms | 401 - 401 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 7.978 ms | 44 - 57 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 12.119 ms | 33 - 70 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 10.04 ms | 0 - 414 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 10.677 ms | 33 - 70 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 8.525 ms | 401 - 401 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 6.755 ms | 19 - 31 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 6.481 ms | 21 - 29 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 6.736 ms | 4 - 16 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 5.335 ms | 33 - 33 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 8.789 ms | 33 - 33 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 7.811 ms | 33 - 41 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 11.714 ms | 33 - 73 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 11.08 ms | 21 - 30 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 11.08 ms | 21 - 30 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 10.489 ms | 33 - 72 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 8.789 ms | 33 - 33 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 6.736 ms | 4 - 16 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 11.864 ms | 24 - 29 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 6.452 ms | 25 - 34 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 6.738 ms | 4 - 16 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 5.501 ms | 33 - 33 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 8.723 ms | 33 - 33 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 7.783 ms | 33 - 41 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 11.43 ms | 31 - 41 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 11.949 ms | 33 - 73 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 9.904 ms | 33 - 35 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 11.105 ms | 12 - 21 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 11.105 ms | 12 - 21 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 11.43 ms | 31 - 41 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 10.553 ms | 33 - 72 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 8.723 ms | 33 - 33 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 6.738 ms | 4 - 16 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 11.795 ms | 23 - 29 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 298.883 ms | 63 - 73 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 311.948 ms | 63 - 73 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 251.795 ms | 64 - 64 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 561.377 ms | 1674 - 1674 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 404.254 ms | 63 - 73 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 708.093 ms | 31 - 36 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 574.58 ms | 0 - 1793 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 679.766 ms | 62 - 66 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 561.377 ms | 1674 - 1674 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 311.948 ms | 63 - 73 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 282.719 ms | 1 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 305.181 ms | 1 - 15 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 257.977 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 562.729 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 401.125 ms | 1 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 707.998 ms | 1 - 34 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 761.166 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 761.166 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 677.367 ms | 1 - 33 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 562.729 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 305.181 ms | 1 - 15 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 743.868 ms | 1 - 7 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy Mobile | 285.247 ms | 1 - 10 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile | 306.753 ms | 1 - 14 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 252.702 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® X Elite | 560.118 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 398.607 ms | 3 - 16 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 842.293 ms | 2 - 16 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 707.095 ms | 1 - 34 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 554.525 ms | 1 - 4 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 766.234 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 766.234 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 842.293 ms | 2 - 16 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 680.391 ms | 1 - 33 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 560.118 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 306.753 ms | 1 - 14 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | float | Qualcomm® SA8295P | 744.887 ms | 1 - 7 MB | NPU |
License
- The license for the original implementation of Whisper-Large-V3-Turbo can be found here.
References
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