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Can the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB run WHISPER medium?

FULL

5.1 GB needed of 12 GB usable — headroom for context

12GB · Ampere · model file 3.1GB · medium

~51–82 tok/s

computed roofline: 288 GB/s × 0.55–0.88 efficiency window / 3.1GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER medium on instead

→ Tesla M60 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER medium fully ($35)

→ rtx-a4000 — the next step up from NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB

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