NVIDIA Megatron-LM

by NVIDIA

Tensor-parallel training — used for Speech-LLM scaling.

TL;DR

Tensor-parallel training — used for Speech-LLM scaling.

Best for scaling speech-LLMs > 7B parameters across nodes. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
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Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux

What it is

NVIDIA's tensor-parallel training framework. Other LICENSE (NVIDIA Megatron-LM License — Apache-2.0-style).

Best for: Scaling speech-LLMs > 7B parameters across nodes.
Watch out for: GPU-only; complex configuration.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/Megatron-LM

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

NVIDIA Megatron-LM vs Whipscribe

FeatureNVIDIA Megatron-LMWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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