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Can the Apple M3 Max run WHISPER large-v3?

FULL

8.2 GB needed of 34 GB usable — headroom for context

~34GB usable · Apple M3 Max · model file 6.2GB · large-v3

~35–52 tok/s

computed roofline: 400 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 6.2GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER large-v3 on instead

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER large-v3 fully ($135)

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