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Can the NVIDIA B300 (Ultra) 288GB run WHISPER large-v3?

FULL

8.2 GB needed of 288 GB usable — headroom for context

288GB · Blackwell Ultra · model file 6.2GB · large-v3

~590–980 tok/s

computed roofline: 8000 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 6.2GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER large-v3 on instead

Tesla M60 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER large-v3 fully ($35)

NVIDIA DGX Station (GB300) — upgrade path machine

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