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can it run

Can the RTX 5090 (32GB) run WHISPER medium?

YES

Comfortably. 32GB of memory against a 4GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~320–460 tok/s

weights 3.1GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~32GB usable → full. 5.1 GB needed of 32 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 1792 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 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 machine32GB GDDR7
paramsmedium
licenseapache-2.0
price$5000

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: no stock runtime yet

Alternatives

every model the RTX 5090 (32GB) can run — full list

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) — upgrade path machine

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