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Can the Apple M2 Max run WHISPER medium?

FULL

5.1 GB needed of 30 GB usable — headroom for context

~30GB usable · Apple M2 Max · model file 3.1GB · medium

~71–100 tok/s

computed roofline: 400 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 3.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER medium on instead

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER medium fully ($110)

every model the Apple M2 Max can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the Apple M2 Max · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory