Whisper.cpp Benchmark - OpenBenchmarking.org

Whisper.cpp is a port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++. Whisper.cpp is developed by Georgi Gerganov for transcribing WAV audio files to text / speech recognition. Whisper.cpp supports ARM NEON, x86 AVX, and other advanced CPU features.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark whisper-cpp.

* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
Data updated weekly as of 23 June 2024.

Revision History

pts/whisper-cpp-1.1.0 [View Source] Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:53:16 GMT
Update against Whisper.cpp 1.6.2 upstream.

pts/whisper-cpp-1.0.0 [View Source] Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:44:41 GMT
Add initial whisper.cpp AI benchmark.

Performance Metrics

Whisper.cpp 1.6.2

Model: ggml-base.en - Input: 2016 State of the Union

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 68 public results since 2 June 2024 with the latest data as of 22 June 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component

Percentile Rank

# Compatible Public Results

Seconds (Average)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

95th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

78th

119

Mid-Tier

75th

> 128

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

70th

129

Intel Core i9-10980XE

70th

131

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

59th

139 ^{+/- 8}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

52nd

153 ^{+/- 11}

Median

50th

161

Intel Core i9-14900K

40th

163

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

37th

188

AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core

33rd

218

Low-Tier

25th

> 301

Intel Core i7-1185G7

23rd

306 ^{+/- 6}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

18th

402 ^{+/- 49}

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

15th

412 ^{+/- 4}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Whisper.cpp 1.6.2 - Model: ggml-base.en - Input: 2016 State of the Union) has an average run-time of 10 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set

Support

Instructions Detected

Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

VZEROUPPER VBROADCASTSS VBROADCASTSD VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128 VPERMILPS

Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

VPBROADCASTQ VINSERTI128 VEXTRACTI128 VPBROADCASTW VPERMQ VPBROADCASTB VPBROADCASTD VPSLLVD VPERMD VPSRLVD VPERM2I128

Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)

Used by default on supported hardware.

(ZMM REGISTER USE)

AVX Vector Neural Network Instructions (AVX-VNNI)

Used by default on supported hardware.

VPDPBUSD

FMA (FMA)

Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

VFMADD132PS VFMADD132SS VFMADD231SD VFMADD231PS VFMADD213PS VFMADD213SD VFMADD132SD VFNMADD231PS VFNMADD132PS VFMADD213SS VFMADD231SS VFNMADD231SS VFNMADD213SS VFNMADD213SD

Last automated analysis: 6 June 2024

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

dfff 2 Systems - 51 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS ROG Strix G513QY_G513QY G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
dddd 2 Systems - 107 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - PHX Swift SFE16-43 Ray_PEU - AMD Device 14e8 Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10022-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
dddd 2 Systems - 107 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - PHX Swift SFE16-43 Ray_PEU - AMD Device 14e8 Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10022-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
s 3 Systems - 47 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 21CM0001US - AMD 17h-19h PCIe Root Complex Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.7-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.0
ddkd 4 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework Laptop 16 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
june juny 3 Systems - 91 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
june june 4 Systems - 71 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
mtl june 4 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
dkd 3 Systems - 52 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework Laptop 13 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
ai tigerlake 3 Systems - 4 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1185G7 - Dell XPS 13 9310 0DXP1F - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700rc5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1
dddgdjda 3 Systems - 64 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
old epyc ai 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core - GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 - AMD 17h Debian 12 - 6.1.0-10-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0
slsls 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
kdkdk 5 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
ai ai ai 5 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-060800-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0

dddgdjda 3 Systems - 64 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
june juny 3 Systems - 91 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
mtl june 4 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
june june 4 Systems - 71 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
old epyc ai 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core - GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 - AMD 17h Debian 12 - 6.1.0-10-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0
ai ai ai 5 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-060800-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
Intel Meteor Lake Tuning Benchmark Featured Kernel Comparison	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-rc2-stock - GNOME Shell 46.0
lll 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-22-generic - GCC 13.2.0
lll 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-22-generic - GCC 13.2.0
dkd 3 Systems - 52 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework Laptop 13 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
kdkdk 5 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
slsls 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
ai tigerlake 3 Systems - 4 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1185G7 - Dell XPS 13 9310 0DXP1F - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700rc5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1
old epyc ai 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core - GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 - AMD 17h Debian 12 - 6.1.0-10-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0
june-new-tests 4 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon 6780E - Quanta Cloud QuantaGrid D55Q-2U S7Q-MB-MPS-MDP - Intel Ice Lake IEH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.9.0-060900rc3-generic - GCC 13.2.0

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Whisper.cpp 1.6.2

Model: ggml-base.en - Input: 2016 State of the Union

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