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can it run

Can the RTX 3060 12GB (used) run WHISPER base?

YES

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

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Specs

model file0.3GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory4GB working set
this machine12GB GDDR6, 360 GB/s
paramsbase
licenseapache-2.0
price$320

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: no stock runtime yet

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