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Can the NVIDIA H100 80GB SXM run WHISPER medium?

FULL

5.1 GB needed of 80 GB usable — headroom for context

80GB · Hopper · model file 3.1GB · medium

~500–820 tok/s

computed roofline: 3350 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 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)

H100 80GB PCIe (used) — upgrade path machine

every model the NVIDIA H100 80GB SXM can run — full list

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