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Can the AMD Radeon RX 590 / 590 GME 8GB run WHISPER medium?

FULL

5.1 GB needed of 8 GB usable — headroom for context

8GB · Polaris (GCN 4) · model file 3.1GB · medium

~6.6–17 tok/s

computed roofline: 256 GB/s × 0.08–0.21 efficiency window / 3.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER medium on instead

→ Tesla M60 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER medium fully ($35)

→ rtx-3060-12 — the next step up from AMD Radeon RX 590 / 590 GME 8GB

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