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Can the GTX 980M run WHISPER tiny?

FULL

2.1 GB needed of 4 GB usable — headroom for context

4GB · Maxwell (laptop) · model file 0.1GB · tiny

~450–800 tok/s

computed roofline: 160.4 GB/s × 0.28–0.50 efficiency window / 0.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER tiny on instead

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

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