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Can the GTX 980M run WHISPER medium?

NO

5.1 GB vs 4 GB usable — does not fit

4GB · Maxwell (laptop) · model file 3.1GB · medium

~14–26 tok/s

computed roofline: 160.4 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 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 GTX 980M can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the GTX 980M · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory