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Re: whisper alternatives lately on M3 Max - cudascope - 10-19-2026

Good point. That matches what I saw on B200. Worth rechecking your defaults though, because one bad assumption can make the rest of the thread look confusing.


Re: whisper alternatives lately on M3 Max - visionforge - 10-19-2026

Need a little more detail here. Do you see the same thing with a smaller batch or shorter prompt?


Re: whisper alternatives lately on M3 Max - quiethouse - 10-19-2026

Thanks, that helps. I ended up in about the same place using Ollama. The biggest change for me was simplifying the stack instead of adding one more optimization layer.


Re: whisper alternatives lately on M3 Max - vectorfield - 10-19-2026

Thanks, that helps. I ended up in about the same place using llama.cpp. Worth rechecking your defaults though, because one bad assumption can make the rest of the thread look confusing.