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Can the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB run WHISPER medium?

TIGHT

5.1 of 6 GB usable — keep context modest

6GB · Pascal · model file 3.1GB · medium

~17–31 tok/s

computed roofline: 192.2 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 3.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER medium on instead

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