Whisper1.5B parameters
Hardware for Running Whisper Large V3 Locally
Speech-to-text transcription, multilingual audio, real-time captioning. Below you'll find VRAM requirements at different quantization levels and our recommended GPUs at every budget.
VRAM Requirements
| Precision | VRAM Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (full precision) | 4 GB | Best quality, highest VRAM usage |
| Q8 (8-bit quantized) | 2.5 GB | Near-lossless quality, good balance |
| Q4 (4-bit quantized) | 1.5 GB | Smallest footprint, slight quality loss |
Budget Picks
Intel Arc B580 12GB
$249 – $289
- VRAM: 12GB GDDR6
- Memory Bandwidth: 456 GB/s
- Architecture: Xe2 (Battlemage)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
$399 – $449
- VRAM: 16GB GDDR6
- Memory Bandwidth: 288 GB/s
- CUDA Cores: 4,352
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
$429 – $479
- VRAM: 16GB GDDR7
- Memory Bandwidth: 448 GB/s
- CUDA Cores: 4,608
Mid-Range Picks
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
$949 – $1,099
- VRAM: 16GB GDDR6X
- CUDA Cores: 10,240
- Memory Bandwidth: 736 GB/s
Premium Picks
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
$1,999 – $2,199
- VRAM: 32GB GDDR7
- CUDA Cores: 21,760
- Memory Bandwidth: 1,792 GB/s
Compatible Tools
Software you can use to run Whisper Large V3 on your hardware:
faster-whisperwhisper.cppWhisper JAX
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