OCTAVE 3B
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- Hume
- Organisation type
- Industry
- Country
- United States of America
- Published
- 23 December 2024
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Speech
- Task
- Speech synthesis, Text-to-speech (TTS)
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Parameters
- 3B
- Training data
- tokens
3B
Availability
Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.
- Weights
- Closed — provider access only
- Model access
- API access
- Training code
- Unreleased
https://dev.hume.ai/docs/text-to-speech-tts/overview
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Record confidence
- Confident
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Introducing OCTAVE (Omni-Capable Text and Voice Engine)
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
What this model is
OCTAVE 3B was published by Hume, in United States of America, in December 2024. It comes out of industry.
It works in Speech, and is recorded as doing speech synthesis, Text-to-speech (TTS).
Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.
Answers
OCTAVE 3B — common questions
Who created OCTAVE 3B?
OCTAVE 3B was published by Hume, based in United States of America, categorised as industry.
When was OCTAVE 3B released?
OCTAVE 3B was published in December 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
What is OCTAVE 3B used for?
OCTAVE 3B works in Speech, and is recorded as handling speech synthesis, Text-to-speech (TTS). Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.
What GPU do I need to run OCTAVE 3B?
None. OCTAVE 3B is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
Is OCTAVE 3B open source?
No. OCTAVE 3B has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.
How many parameters does OCTAVE 3B have?
OCTAVE 3B has 3B parameters. 3B. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.
The other direction
Looking at it from the other side?
This page starts from the model. If you already own a card and want to know everything it will run, start from the hardware instead.