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Can the NVIDIA RTX A6000 run WHISPER small?

FULL

2.9 GB needed of 48 GB usable — headroom for context

48GB · Ampere · model file 0.9GB · small

~390–650 tok/s

computed roofline: 768 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 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 4090 (24GB, used) — upgrade path machine

every model the NVIDIA RTX A6000 can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the NVIDIA RTX A6000 · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory