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whisper-base-int8
magicunicorn/whisper-base-int8
whisper-base-int8 is a automatic speech recognition model from magicunicorn. Use it when you need speech turned into text. The card lists the license as apache-2.0.
This is an INT8 quantized version of OpenAI's Whisper base model, specifically optimized for Intel integrated GPUs.
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At a glance
- Task
- Automatic Speech Recognition
- License
- apache-2.0
- Model type
- whisper
- Access
- Public
- Created
- Aug 29, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 29, 2025
- SHA
- be81fc84
Model card
From the Hugging Face model README
Whisper Base INT8 - Optimized for Intel iGPU 🚀
This is an INT8 quantized version of OpenAI's Whisper base model, specifically optimized for Intel integrated GPUs.
🎯 Key Features
- 4x smaller than FP32 (75MB vs 280MB)
- 2-4x faster inference on Intel iGPU
- INT8 asymmetric quantization
- 100% weights quantized to INT8
- OpenVINO 2024.0+ compatible
📊 Performance
| Metric | Original | INT8 | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model Size | 280MB | 75MB | 3.7x smaller |
| Inference Speed | 1.0x | 2-4x | 2-4x faster |
| Memory Bandwidth | 100% | 30-50% | 50-70% reduction |
🎮 Optimized for Intel Hardware
- Intel Arc Graphics (A770, A750, A380)
- Intel Iris Xe Graphics (12th Gen+)
- Intel UHD Graphics (11th Gen+)
📄 License
Apache 2.0
🦄 Part of Unicorn Amanuensis
Professional STT suite: https://github.com/Unicorn-Commander/Unicorn-Amanuensis
- Task
- Automatic Speech Recognition
- Type
- whisper
- License
- apache-2.0
- Languages
- en, zh, de, es, ru, fr
- Created
- Aug 29, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 29, 2025