Whisper-Large-V3-Turbo-Quantized: Optimized for Qualcomm Devices
We have applied w8a16 quantization to significantly enhance performance and efficiency. Whisper large-v3-turbo is a finetuned version of a pruned Whisper large-v3, with the number of decoding layers reduced from 32 to 4. 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-Quantized 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-Quantized 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 | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690 | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | QAIRT 2.45, ONNX Runtime 1.27.1 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690 | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-6690 | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
| VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | QAIRT 2.45 | Download |
For more device-specific assets and performance metrics, visit Whisper-Large-V3-Turbo-Quantized 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-Quantized 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 | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 2.6 ms | 17 - 17 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 5.343 ms | 267 - 267 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 4.478 ms | 21 - 34 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 8.06 ms | 21 - 35 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 6.885 ms | 13 - 33 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 6.009 ms | 0 - 304 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 8.06 ms | 21 - 35 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 6.673 ms | 12 - 31 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 5.343 ms | 267 - 267 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790 | 8.444 ms | 16 - 25 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 3.62 ms | 21 - 34 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 3.62 ms | 21 - 34 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 3.292 ms | 15 - 28 MB | NPU |
| decoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 8.444 ms | 16 - 25 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 3.066 ms | 17 - 17 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 5.644 ms | 17 - 17 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 4.414 ms | 17 - 24 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 6.736 ms | 16 - 37 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 9.116 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 5.786 ms | 17 - 18 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 6.607 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 6.607 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 6.607 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 6.479 ms | 14 - 34 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 5.644 ms | 17 - 17 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790 | 8.407 ms | 16 - 22 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 3.553 ms | 15 - 24 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 9.116 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 3.553 ms | 15 - 24 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 3.29 ms | 17 - 25 MB | NPU |
| decoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 8.407 ms | 16 - 22 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 3.167 ms | 17 - 17 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 5.578 ms | 17 - 17 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 4.411 ms | 16 - 24 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 9.046 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 5.85 ms | 17 - 18 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 6.651 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 6.651 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 6.651 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 6.469 ms | 14 - 34 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 5.578 ms | 17 - 17 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790 | 8.428 ms | 16 - 22 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 3.574 ms | 2 - 11 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 9.046 ms | 17 - 26 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 3.574 ms | 2 - 11 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 3.315 ms | 17 - 27 MB | NPU |
| decoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 8.428 ms | 16 - 22 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 690.795 ms | 33 - 33 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 1342.677 ms | 742 - 742 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 1401.054 ms | 2 - 12 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 Mobile | 1539.984 ms | 2 - 15 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 1345.497 ms | 1 - 5 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1764.402 ms | 1 - 770 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® QCS8450 | 1539.984 ms | 2 - 15 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 1296.094 ms | 1 - 4 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 1342.677 ms | 742 - 742 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790 | 2236.001 ms | 1 - 12 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 1251.539 ms | 1 - 12 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 1251.539 ms | 1 - 12 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 1263.617 ms | 1 - 13 MB | NPU |
| encoder | PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 2236.001 ms | 1 - 12 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 689.52 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 1343.43 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 1349.614 ms | 1 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 1342.794 ms | 0 - 18 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 2359.354 ms | 1 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1665.476 ms | 2 - 14 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 1434.451 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 1434.451 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 1434.451 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 1295.662 ms | 3 - 20 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 1343.43 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790 | 2225.298 ms | 0 - 6 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 1223.092 ms | 1 - 15 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 2359.354 ms | 1 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 1223.092 ms | 1 - 15 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 1141.032 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 2225.298 ms | 0 - 6 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X2 Elite | 690.347 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® X Elite | 1368.602 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile | 1343.602 ms | 1 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-8275 | 2349.213 ms | 1 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ QCS8550 (Proxy) | 1644.938 ms | 1 - 4 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8775P | 1435.608 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8650P | 1435.608 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA8255P | 1435.608 ms | 1 - 11 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-9075 | 1294.958 ms | 1 - 18 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ IQ-X7181 | 1368.602 ms | 1 - 1 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-7790 | 2230.833 ms | 0 - 6 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® Dragonwing™ Q-8750 | 1192.536 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Qualcomm® SA7255P | 2349.213 ms | 1 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile | 1192.536 ms | 0 - 9 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile | 1115.986 ms | 0 - 8 MB | NPU |
| encoder | VOICE_AI | w8a16 | Snapdragon® 7 Gen 4 Mobile | 2230.833 ms | 0 - 6 MB | NPU |
License
- The license for the original implementation of Whisper-Large-V3-Turbo-Quantized can be found here.
References
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