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Can the AMD Ryzen AI Max (Strix Halo) run WHISPER medium?

FULL

5.1 GB needed of 30 GB usable — headroom for context

~30GB usable · RDNA3.5 (Strix Halo) · model file 3.1GB · medium

~50–70 tok/s

computed roofline: 256 GB/s × 0.60–0.85 efficiency window / 3.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER medium on instead

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER medium fully ($110)

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