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Can the NVIDIA RTX A4500 run WHISPER large-v3?

FULL

8.2 GB needed of 20 GB usable — headroom for context

20GB · Ampere · model file 6.2GB · large-v3

~47–78 tok/s

computed roofline: 640 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)

→ rtx-a5000 — the next step up from NVIDIA RTX A4500

→ every model the NVIDIA RTX A4500 can run — full list

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2026-10-01 · ← all models on the NVIDIA RTX A4500 · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory