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NVIDIA GPU with 12 GB VRAM
The sensible budget tier for local AI.
The sensible budget tier for local AI.
- Platform
- NVIDIA
- Memory
- 12 GB vram
An 8B model at Q4 with a long context fits comfortably. This is the cheapest hardware that does not constantly frustrate you.
Runs comfortably
- Qwen3 8B 8 GB at Q4 Apache-2.0
- Llama 3.1 8B Instruct 8 GB at Q4 Llama 3.1 Community
- Qwen3 4B 5 GB at Q4 Apache-2.0
Will not fit
- Qwen3 32Bneeds about 24 GB
Worth knowing
12 GB is the best value in local AI. It runs the models most people actually need, at good speed.