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Can the AMD Radeon RX 9070 (non-XT) run WHISPER small?

FULL

2.9 GB needed of 16 GB usable — headroom for context

16GB · RDNA4 · model file 0.9GB · small

~390–580 tok/s

computed roofline: 640 GB/s × 0.55–0.82 efficiency window / 0.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER small on instead

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

→ radeon-9070-xt — the next step up from AMD Radeon RX 9070 (non-XT)

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2026-10-01 · ← all models on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 (non-XT) · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory