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Can the Raspberry Pi 5 run WHISPER small?

FULL

2.9 GB needed of 6 GB usable — headroom for context

~6GB usable · CPU (LPDDR4X SBC) · model file 0.9GB · small

~8.6–13 tok/s

computed roofline: 17.2 GB/s × 0.45–0.70 efficiency window / 0.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER small on instead

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER small fully ($110)

every model the Raspberry Pi 5 can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the Raspberry Pi 5 · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory