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parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3

by MLX Community mlx-community/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3

This model was converted to MLX format from nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 using the conversion script. Please refer to original model card for more details on the model.

Parameters627M
Context
Weights2.5 GB
Licensecc-by-4.0
AccessOpen weights
Monthly Downloads1.8M

Runs On

What it takes to serve parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 (627M parameters): the memory its weights need at each precision, and the cheapest way to rent enough data-center GPUs to hold them.

PrecisionWeightsMemory neededCheapest setupPer hourAlso fits
16-bit 1.3 GB 1.5 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
8-bit 0.6 GB 0.8 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
4-bit 0.3 GB 0.4 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00

Memory is the weights at that precision plus 20% for the runtime and a short context; a long context needs more. Prices are the lowest on-demand hourly rates in the SAVRN Index, read Sep 18, 2026.

SAVRN's Notes on parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3

The job is speech recognition, and at 627M parameters the memory math is trivial: 1.5 GB at 16-bit, 0.8 GB at 8-bit, 0.4 GB at 4-bit. The cheapest Index listing that fits is one MI300X with 192 GB at $1.85 an hour on demand, so the hardware question is not which card but whether transcription needs its own card. The files are packaged for the mlx library in safetensors and mlx formats, so confirm your serving stack reads them.

CC BY 4.0 asks little: commercial use is allowed, you credit the creator and note any changes. Two checks before committing. This is a conversion, published by the MLX Community as derived from nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3, and the publisher points back to the original card for details, so verify behavior there. With no context length or host token price on file, budget the run in GPU hours, not tokens.

Model Card

By MLX Community, published under cc-by-4.0, revision ed2b7e8c15f9.

This model was converted to MLX format from nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 using the conversion script. Please refer to original model card for more details on the model.

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This model was converted to MLX format from nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 using the conversion script. Please refer to original model card for more details on the model.

Use with mlx

parakeet-mlx

pip install -U parakeet-mlx
parakeet-mlx audio.wav --model mlx-community/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3

mlx-audio

pip install -U mlx-audio
python -m mlx_audio.stt.generate --model mlx-community/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 --audio audio.wav --output somewhere

Identity and Version

Repository
mlx-community/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3
Publisher
MLX Community
Task
Speech recognition
Modality
Audio
Library
mlx
Parameters
627M parameters
Languages
en, es, fr, de, bg, hr, cs, da
Revision
ed2b7e8c15f9aaa0b5772e2efb986255eaef7e15
First published
2025-08-16
Last updated
2025-08-16

Files and Weights

7 files, 2.5 GB in total. The weights are 1 file totalling 2.5 GB in safetensors.

Weights1 file · 2.5 GB
Configuration1 file · 244.1 KB
Tokenizer3 files · 508.7 KB
Documentation1 file · 1.1 KB
Repository1 file · 1.5 KB
Every file
FileTypeSizeSHA-256
model.safetensorsWeights2.5 GB 05e01c7f396c
config.jsonConfiguration244.1 KB
README.mdDocumentation1.1 KB
.gitattributesRepository1.5 KB
tokenizer.modelTokenizer360.9 KB eacec2b0a77f
tokenizer.vocabTokenizer101.0 KB
vocab.txtTokenizer46.8 KB

License and Download

License
cc-by-4.0
Access
Open weights, no gate
Download size
2.5 GB
Download from MLX Community

Released by MLX Community through its official repository on Hugging Face. Read the license.

Built From

  • Derived from nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3

Memory Requirements

PrecisionWeights in memory
As published2.5 GB
16-bit1.3 GB
8-bit0.6 GB
4-bit0.3 GB

Weights only, from the published parameter count; the key-value cache and runtime add to this.

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Questions About parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3

How much GPU memory does parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 need?

About 1.5 GB at 16-bit and 0.4 GB at 4-bit: the weights (627M parameters) plus a working margin. A long context needs more.

What is the cheapest GPU to run parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 on?

At 16-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour; at 4-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.

Can I use parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 commercially?

Yes. parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. CC BY 4.0 permits sharing and adapting the work, including commercially, provided the creator is credited and changes are indicated.

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