Whisper Large V3 Turbo on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 runs Whisper Large V3 Turbo excellently at FP16. This is a strong pairing.
Model Size
810M
Device VRAM
16 GB
Bandwidth
960 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows Whisper Large V3 Turbo performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 | — | 75ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
FP16
960 GB/s. Low-latency transcription.
About Whisper Large V3 Turbo
Whisper Large V3 Turbo (810M) is a transcription model. Distilled version of Whisper Large V3. 8x faster than the full model with minimal quality loss. The go-to for real-time transcription on local hardware. Runs comfortably on any GPU with 2GB+ VRAM.
View all Whisper Large V3 Turbo hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 has 16 GB at 960 GB/s. Street price: $1,099.
See all models NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 can run →Source: Performance estimates based on model size and device bandwidth (2026-03-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-15