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.
References
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