whisper-medium · handy-computer

whisper-medium Q8_0

This file is exactly 831,538,144 bytes — 0.77 GiB / 0.83 GB at an effective 8.709 bits per weight. The nominal rate for Q8_0 is lower; mixed-precision tensors make the real figure higher, always.

From the file· 1 file(s), summedFrom the file· 949 tensors parsed

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0.77 GiB · 1 file
llama.cpp
llama-cli -hf handy-computer/whisper-medium-gguf:Q8_0

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Size
0.77 GiB
0.83 GB
Effective bpw
8.709
from real bytes ÷ params
Tensors
949
Header
1.94 MB
GGUF metadata

What this quantization actually contains

per-tensor types, parsed from the GGUF header
F32
564
Q8_0
385

A quantization label names a mixture, not a uniform precision. Attention and output tensors are routinely kept at higher precision than the label implies, which is exactly why the effective bits-per-weight above exceeds the nominal rate.

Fit by accelerator

AcceleratorMemory○Total @4K◐Total @32K◐Fits◐tok/s @4K◐
Arc A310 4GB4 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes76±30%
Arc A350M 4GB4 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes70±30%
Arc A370M 4GB4 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes70±30%
Arc A530M 4GB4 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes122±30%
Arc Pro A30M 4GB4 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes70±30%
Radeon Pro W64004 GB1.72 GiB1.72 GiByes93±26.5%
Radeon RX 64004 GB1.72 GiB1.72 GiByes93±26.5%
Radeon RX 6500 XT4 GB1.72 GiB1.72 GiByes103±26.5%
RTX A4004 GB1.82 GiB1.82 GiByes69±22%
Arc A380 6GB6 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes106±30%
Arc Pro A40 6GB6 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes108±30%
Arc Pro A50 6GB6 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes108±30%
GeForce RTX 20606 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes258±12.9%
GeForce RTX 30506 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes143±12.9%
GeForce RTX 3060 OEM6 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes258±12.9%
RTX A20006 GB1.82 GiB1.82 GiByes190±22%
Apple M18 GB1.37 GiB1.37 GiByes52±8.3%
Apple M28 GB1.37 GiB1.37 GiByes67±8.3%
Apple M38 GB1.37 GiB1.37 GiByes67±8.3%
Apple M48 GB1.37 GiB1.37 GiByes73±8.3%
Arc A530M 8GB8 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes122±30%
Arc A550M 8GB8 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes122±30%
Arc A570M 8GB8 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes122±30%
Arc A580 8GB8 GB1.62 GiB1.62 GiByes212±30%
○Spec sheet◐Predictedwhat these mean

Memory at context

ContextWeights●KV (f16)●KV (q8_0)●Working buffer◐Total (f16)◐
●From the file◐Predictedwhat these mean

Quantizing the KV cache to q8_0 is a roughly 2× lever on the dominant term at long context, and it is the single most useful setting most local users never touch. Totals here exclude the allocator reserve your driver takes, which is hardware-specific — the per-accelerator table above includes it.