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Can the NVIDIA L4 run WHISPER large-v3?

FULL

8.2 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context

24GB · Ampere · model file 6.2GB · large-v3

~27–43 tok/s

computed roofline: 300 GB/s × 0.55–0.88 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 4090 (24GB, used) — upgrade path machine

every model the NVIDIA L4 can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the NVIDIA L4 · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory