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Can the AMD Radeon RX 590 / 590 GME 8GB run WHISPER large-v3?

TIGHT

8.2 of 8 GB usable — barely over; real with q8 KV cache (halves KV) or shorter context

8GB · Polaris (GCN 4) · model file 6.2GB · large-v3

~3.3–8.7 tok/s

computed roofline: 256 GB/s × 0.08–0.21 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-3060-12 — the next step up from AMD Radeon RX 590 / 590 GME 8GB

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