Model reference · open weights
whisperkit-coreml is an open-weight audio or speech model from argmaxinc. Built for Apple devices (Core ML). It does not run on NVIDIA GPUs.
What it is
| Released by | argmaxinc |
|---|---|
| Released | 2024-02-28 |
| VRAM | 30.7 GB for the weights |
What it runs on
| Card | One stream | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12 GB … RTX 5090 32 GB | does not fit | |
| L40S 48 GB | fits | 44.0 GB |
| A100 80 GB | fits | 78.2 GB |
| H100 80 GB | fits | 78.1 GB |
| RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB | fits | 93.8 GB |
| DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unified | fits | 107 GB |
| H200 141 GB | fits | 138 GB |
| B200 180 GB | fits | 176 GB |
From the model card
WhisperKit is part of Argmax OSS, an On-device Speech AI SDK for Apple Silicon: https://github.com/argmaxinc/argmax-oss-swift
Check out the WhisperKit paper and presentation from ICML 2025: https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/47854
For real-time transcription with speakers and custom vocabulary, check out Argmax Pro SDK: https://www.argmaxinc.com/blog/argmax-sdk-2
Quoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.
How it works
Running it
Built for Apple devices (Core ML). It does not run on NVIDIA GPUs.