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can it run

Can the NVIDIA DGX Spark (GB10) run WHISPER small?

YES

Comfortably. 128GB of memory against a 4GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~76–200 tok/s

weights 0.9GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~126GB usable → full. 2.9 GB needed of 126 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 273 GB/s × 0.25–0.65 efficiency window / 0.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file0.9GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory4GB working set
this machine128GB unified LPDDR5x
paramssmall
licenseapache-2.0
price$4699

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: no stock runtime yet

Alternatives

every model the NVIDIA DGX Spark (GB10) can run — full list

rtx-5090 — the next step up from this machine's GPU

Buy

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the NVIDIA DGX Spark (GB10) · ← full hardware catalog · prices verified at source, may drift