---
license: apache-2.0
base_model: MediaTek-Research/Breeze-ASR-26
language: [zh, nan]
pipeline_tag: automatic-speech-recognition
tags: [whisper, whisper.cpp, ggml, gguf, taiwanese-hokkien, taigi, macwhisper, superwhisper, edge, quantized, speech-recognition]
---

# Breeze-ASR-26 — GGML (whisper.cpp, Q4_0 / Q5_0)

The **smallest-footprint** build: peak RSS 1.85 GB (Q4_0), fits a 4 GB host, and
loads directly in **whisper.cpp desktop apps (MacWhisper Pro, superwhisper)** —
drag the .bin in, no code. Slower than CT2 (RTF 0.40) but the RAM floor is 1 GB lower.

(Files are whisper.cpp GGML format. whisper.cpp GGUF support is in progress upstream,
ggml-org/whisper.cpp#3316; GGUF builds will be added when the toolchain lands.)

> Part of the **Breeze-ASR-26 edge family** — the same MediaTek model in every runtime, pick by your constraint:
>
> | Repo | Runtime | RSS | RTF (CPU 4-thread) | Best for |
> |---|---|---|---|---|
> | [Breeze-ASR-26-ct2](https://huggingface.co/weemed/Breeze-ASR-26-ct2) | CTranslate2 / faster-whisper | ~2.9 GB | **0.21** | servers, 8 GB+ hosts, GPU |
> | [Breeze-ASR-26-GGML](https://huggingface.co/weemed/Breeze-ASR-26-GGML) | whisper.cpp / MacWhisper | **1.85 GB** | 0.40 | 4 GB hosts, desktop apps |
> | [Breeze-ASR-26-ONNX](https://huggingface.co/weemed/Breeze-ASR-26-ONNX) | sherpa-onnx / onnxruntime | — | 1.3 | Android / iOS / WASM |
>
> All Apache-2.0, derived from [MediaTek-Research/Breeze-ASR-26](https://huggingface.co/MediaTek-Research/Breeze-ASR-26). Measured on real multi-speaker Mandarin meeting audio. Mandarin does not regress; Taigi is transcribed as Mandarin meaning (not verbatim Taigi characters).

## Usage

```bash
# whisper.cpp
whisper-cli -m breeze-q5_0.bin -f meeting.wav -l zh -t 4
```
**MacWhisper Pro / superwhisper**: download `breeze-q5_0.bin`, drag it in as a custom model.

| Build | Disk | Peak RSS | RTF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_0 | 848 MB | 1.85 GB | 0.40 |
| Q5_0 | 1.1 GB | 2.03 GB | 0.62 |