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Can the NVIDIA Titan V 12GB run WHISPER large-v3?

FULL

8.2 GB needed of 12 GB usable — headroom for context

12GB · Volta · model file 6.2GB · large-v3

~48–80 tok/s

computed roofline: 652.8 GB/s × 0.46–0.76 efficiency window / 6.2GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run WHISPER large-v3 on instead

Tesla M60 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs WHISPER large-v3 fully ($35)

tesla-v100-32gb — the next step up from NVIDIA Titan V 12GB

every model the NVIDIA Titan V 12GB can run — full list

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2026-09-24 · ← all models on the NVIDIA Titan V 12GB · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory