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can it run

Can the RTX 5080 (16GB) run WHISPER large-v3?

YES

Comfortably. 16GB of memory against a 8GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~77–120 tok/s

weights 6.2GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~16GB usable → full. 8.2 GB needed of 16 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 960 GB/s × 0.50–0.80 efficiency window / 6.2GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file6.2GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory8GB working set
this machine16GB GDDR7
paramslarge-v3
licenseapache-2.0
price$1400

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: no stock runtime yet

Alternatives

every model the RTX 5080 (16GB) can run — full list

rtx-5090 — the next step up from this machine's GPU

Buy

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