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can it run

Can the RTX 2060 12GB (used) run WHISPER medium?

YES

Comfortably. 12GB of memory against a 4GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~52–78 tok/s

weights 3.1GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~6GB usable → tight. 5.1 of 6 GB usable — keep context modest

computed roofline: 336 GB/s × 0.48–0.72 efficiency window / 3.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file3.1GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory4GB working set
this machine12GB GDDR6, 336 GB/s
paramsmedium
licenseapache-2.0
price$375

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: no stock runtime yet

Alternatives

every model the RTX 2060 12GB (used) can run — full list

rtx-5060-ti-16 — the next step up from this machine's GPU

Buy

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