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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB run WHISPER large-v3?

FULL

8.2 GB needed of 12 GB usable — headroom for context

12GB · Ampere · model file 6.2GB · large-v3

~68–110 tok/s

computed roofline: 912.4 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 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)

rtx-3090 — the next step up from NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB

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