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
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_qcs8450_proxy QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_qcs8550_proxy QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_qcs9075 QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_sa7255p QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_sa8295p QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_sa8775p QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_snapdragon_8_elite_for_galaxy QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_snapdragon_8_elite_gen5 QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_snapdragon_8gen3 QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_snapdragon_x2_elite QAIRT 2.43 Download
QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float qualcomm_snapdragon_x_elite QAIRT 2.43 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 1.325 ms 0 - 11 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X2 Elite 0.965 ms 83 - 83 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X Elite 1.977 ms 83 - 83 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile 1.685 ms 13 - 20 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) 2.184 ms 0 - 86 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS9075 2.639 ms 10 - 23 MB NPU
decoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile 1.379 ms 0 - 7 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile 1.311 ms 0 - 10 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X2 Elite 1.207 ms 10 - 10 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X Elite 1.953 ms 10 - 10 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile 1.607 ms 0 - 8 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy) 3.698 ms 10 - 17 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) 2.108 ms 1 - 3 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8775P 2.729 ms 0 - 9 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS9075 2.55 ms 12 - 25 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy) 2.602 ms 1 - 11 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA7255P 3.698 ms 10 - 17 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8295P 3.013 ms 8 - 13 MB NPU
decoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile 1.373 ms 0 - 9 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile 7.545 ms 21 - 30 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X2 Elite 7.958 ms 31 - 31 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® X Elite 18.301 ms 33 - 33 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile 13.041 ms 20 - 27 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) 17.858 ms 12 - 33 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Qualcomm® QCS9075 21.812 ms 20 - 23 MB NPU
encoder PRECOMPILED_QNN_ONNX float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile 8.897 ms 21 - 28 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile 7.317 ms 0 - 11 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X2 Elite 8.293 ms 0 - 0 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® X Elite 18.328 ms 0 - 0 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile 12.937 ms 0 - 8 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy) 56.91 ms 0 - 9 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy) 17.669 ms 1 - 2 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8775P 21.18 ms 1 - 6 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS9075 21.464 ms 0 - 11 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy) 46.246 ms 1 - 10 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA7255P 56.91 ms 0 - 9 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Qualcomm® SA8295P 46.301 ms 0 - 5 MB NPU
encoder QNN_CONTEXT_BINARY float Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile 9.006 ms 0 - 10 MB NPU

License

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

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