# Whisper small requirements

Updated: 2026-06-15

244M Speech to text, released 2022-09.

- Peak memory: ~0.85 GB at fp16 (whisper.cpp)
- Tools: whisper.cpp, faster-whisper, MacWhisper
- License: MIT (commercial use: yes)
- Runs on 39 of 39 tracked devices

Sources: https://github.com/openai/whisper, https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp
More: https://localmodel.run/model/whisper-small