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can it run

Can the Tesla V100 32GB (used) run WHISPER base?

YES

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

~1400–2300 tok/s

weights 0.3GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~32GB usable → full. 2.3 GB needed of 32 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 897 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 0.3GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file0.3GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory4GB working set
this machine32GB HBM2, 897 GB/s
paramsbase
licenseapache-2.0
price$645

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: no stock runtime yet

Alternatives

every model the Tesla V100 32GB (used) can run — full list

RTX 3090 (24GB, used) — upgrade path machine

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