metadata
license: mit
base_model: openai/whisper-small
tags:
- snapdragon
- hexagon
- npu
- qualcomm
- qnn
- onnxruntime
- whisper
- asr
- on-device
- edge
Whisper‑small — QNN bundle for Snapdragon X2 Elite (Hexagon V81)
OpenAI Whisper‑small compiled to precompiled QNN‑ONNX (encoder + decoder)
for the Hexagon NPU of the Snapdragon X2 Elite (dsp_arch v81). Intended for
on‑device, low‑power streaming speech‑to‑text via ONNX Runtime + QNN EP.
Specs
| Base model | openai/whisper-small |
| Format | precompiled_qnn_onnx (ONNX wrappers + QNN context binaries) |
| Components | encoder, decoder |
| Target | Snapdragon X2 Elite, Hexagon V81 |
| Use via | ONNX Runtime with the QNN execution provider |
How it was made
Compiled via qai-hub-models on
Qualcomm AI Hub, targeting Snapdragon X2 Elite CRD, from stock Whisper‑small.
⚠️ Runtime note
Like all QNN bundles, this is version‑coupled to the QAIRT/ONNX‑Runtime‑QNN and the Hexagon NPU driver it was built against — keep the NPU driver current.
License
MIT (inherits OpenAI Whisper's license).