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can it run

Can the Titan RTX (24GB, used) run WHISPER small?

YES

Comfortably. 24GB of memory against a 4GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~360–540 tok/s

weights 0.9GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~24GB usable → full. 2.9 GB needed of 24 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 672 GB/s × 0.48–0.72 efficiency window / 0.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file0.9GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory4GB working set
this machine24GB GDDR6, 672 GB/s
paramssmall
licenseapache-2.0
price$900

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: no stock runtime yet

Alternatives

every model the Titan RTX (24GB, used) can run — full list

rtx-3090 — the next step up from this machine's GPU

Buy

eBay (used) ↗ · Amazon ↗

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