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102seconds
In the same CPU benchmark, faster-whisper with int8 precision took 1 minute 42 seconds (102 seconds) with the small model.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“| faster-whisper | int8 | 5 | 1m42s | 1477MB |”
faster-whisper: README (GitHub, SYSTRAN), SYSTRAN, GitHub (SYSTRAN/faster-whisper), 2026, Small model on CPU table.
Open the original- What it measures
- The row is part of the same CPU benchmark. The README reports 1,477 MB of RAM for it.
- What it does not show
- One run on one CPU. The fp32 faster-whisper row on the same table takes 2m37s, so the int8 result depends on the quantization.