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Can the RTX 3050 Laptop run WHISPER medium?

NO

5.1 GB vs 4 GB usable — does not fit

4GB · Ampere GA107 · model file 3.1GB · medium

~34–55 tok/s

computed roofline: 192 GB/s × 0.55–0.88 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 RTX 3050 Laptop can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the RTX 3050 Laptop · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory