Whisper-Tiny: Optimized for Qualcomm Devices

HuggingFace Whisper-Small ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) model is a state-of-the-art system designed for transcribing spoken language into written text. 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-Tiny 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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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 Mobile QAIRT 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3 Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X2 Elite QAIRT 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3 Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X Elite QAIRT 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3 Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile QAIRT 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3 Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) QAIRT 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3 Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile QAIRT 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3 Download
PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS9075 QAIRT 2.42, ONNX Runtime 1.24.3 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X2 Elite QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X Elite QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8775P QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA7255P QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8295P QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS9075 QAIRT 2.45 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy) QAIRT 2.45 Download

For more device-specific assets and performance metrics, visit Whisper-Tiny 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-Tiny on GitHub for usage instructions.

Model Details

Model Type: Model_use_case.speech_recognition

Model Stats:

  • Model checkpoint: openai/whisper-tiny
  • Input resolution: 80x3000 (30 seconds audio)
  • Max decoded sequence length: 200 tokens
  • Number of parameters (encoder): 9.39M
  • Model size (encoder) (float): 35.9 MB
  • Number of parameters (decoder): 28.4M
  • Model size (decoder) (float): 109 MB

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 Mobile 1.318 ms 1 - 11 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile 1.387 ms 0 - 11 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X2 Elite 1.005 ms 83 - 83 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X Elite 1.968 ms 83 - 83 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X Elite 1.968 ms 83 - 83 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile 1.686 ms 0 - 7 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) 2.233 ms 0 - 86 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS9075 2.623 ms 10 - 23 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile 1.387 ms 0 - 11 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile 1.482 ms 0 - 11 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile 1.537 ms 0 - 9 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X2 Elite 1.735 ms 10 - 10 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X Elite 2.364 ms 10 - 10 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X Elite 2.364 ms 10 - 10 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile 1.889 ms 10 - 18 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) 2.473 ms 10 - 12 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8775P 3.214 ms 9 - 18 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8775P 3.214 ms 9 - 18 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8775P 3.214 ms 9 - 18 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8295P 2.913 ms 8 - 13 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS9075 3.016 ms 10 - 23 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile 1.537 ms 0 - 9 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy) 2.644 ms 10 - 19 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA7255P 4.54 ms 10 - 18 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile 7.497 ms 21 - 30 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile 8.915 ms 19 - 31 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X2 Elite 7.899 ms 31 - 31 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X Elite 18.239 ms 33 - 33 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X Elite 18.239 ms 33 - 33 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile 12.879 ms 20 - 27 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) 17.463 ms 12 - 53 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS9075 21.635 ms 23 - 26 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile 8.915 ms 19 - 31 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile 12.539 ms 0 - 10 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile 15.182 ms 1 - 9 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X2 Elite 13.035 ms 0 - 0 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X Elite 26.07 ms 0 - 0 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X Elite 26.07 ms 0 - 0 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile 19.833 ms 1 - 8 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) 25.062 ms 1 - 2 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8775P 28.722 ms 1 - 10 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8775P 28.722 ms 1 - 10 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8775P 28.722 ms 1 - 10 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8295P 42.468 ms 0 - 5 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS9075 29.279 ms 0 - 11 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile 15.182 ms 1 - 9 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy) 44.053 ms 1 - 10 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA7255P 73.03 ms 1 - 10 MB NPU

License

  • The license for the original implementation of Whisper-Tiny can be found here.

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