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Can the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti run WHISPER medium?

NO

5.1 GB vs 4 GB usable — does not fit

4GB · Pascal · model file 3.1GB · medium

~10–18 tok/s

computed roofline: 112.1 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 3.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER medium on instead

→ Tesla M60 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER medium fully ($35)

→ gtx-1650 — the next step up from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

→ every model the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti can run — full list

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2026-10-01 · ← all models on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory