Which hardware runs speech-to-text under 50 ms?
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (CRD): 408 FPS (whisper_base / decoder, float; grade D; 2026 (year only)). Next: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (CRD) 272 FPS; Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) 41.80 FPS. Like-for-like group: Whisper base, batch 1.
| # | Platform | Result | Perf/W | Price | Grade · date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (CRD) | 408 FPS whisper_base / decoder · float | unknown | unknown | D 2026 (year only) | Qualcomm AI Hub Models perf.yaml (BSD-3) |
| 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (CRD) | 272 FPS whisper_base / decoder · float | unknown | unknown | D 2026 (year only) | Qualcomm AI Hub Models perf.yaml (BSD-3) |
| 3 | Hailo-8L (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) | 41.80 FPS whisper_base_5s_no_kqs_decoder · INT8 (Hailo quantized) | 27.87 spec | unknown | D undated | Hailo Model Zoo public models (Hailo-8L) |
| 4 | Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-9075 EVK | 196 FPS whisper_base / decoder · float | unknown | unknown | D 2026 (year only) | Qualcomm AI Hub Models perf.yaml (BSD-3) |
| 5 | Hailo-8 (M.2/PCIe, x86 host) | 51.40 FPS whisper_base_5s_encoder · INT8 (Hailo quantized) | 20.56 spec | unknown | D undated | Hailo Model Zoo public models (Hailo-8) |
Filters: task=speech-to-text, latency=50. Ranking: boards that meet every known target, then headroom and perf/W; unknown power or price is not penalised. Open in /find · JSON
Sources
- https://github.com/qualcomm/ai-hub-models/tree/main/src/qai_hub_models/models/whisper_base
- https://github.com/hailo-ai/hailo_model_zoo/tree/v2.20.0/docs/public_models/HAILO8L
- https://github.com/hailo-ai/hailo_model_zoo/tree/v2.20.0/docs/public_models/HAILO8
Generated 2026-10-16 from HWBench data only. All answers · Submit a result
Machine-readable: /find.json (see llms.txt); full tables are in “Show data”. Confidence grades: A audited MLPerf closed · B documented third-party · C community · D vendor-published · E estimate. Unknown values are shown as unknown, never estimated. Generated 2026-10-16 from public sources.