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Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB run WHISPER small?

FULL

2.9 GB needed of 8 GB usable — headroom for context

8GB · Ampere · model file 0.9GB · small

~150–230 tok/s

computed roofline: 240 GB/s × 0.55–0.88 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)

rtx-3060-12 — the next step up from NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB

every model the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB can run — full list

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