Advisor / Hardware
Local LLM recommendations by hardware
26 popular setups, each with the best models for coding, chat and vision, and commands to run them.
RTX 3090 24GBDiscrete GPU23 GB usable936 GB/sSee recommendations →RTX 4090 24GBDiscrete GPU23 GB usable1008 GB/sSee recommendations →RTX 5090 32GBDiscrete GPU31 GB usable1792 GB/sSee recommendations →RTX 3060 12GB (32GB RAM)Discrete GPU11 GB usable360 GB/sSee recommendations →8GB VRAM class (RTX 4060 8GB, 32GB RAM)Discrete GPU7 GB usable272 GB/sSee recommendations →16GB VRAM class (RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, 32GB RAM)Discrete GPU15 GB usable288 GB/sSee recommendations →RTX 5070 12GBDiscrete GPU11 GB usable672 GB/sSee recommendations →RTX 4070 12GBDiscrete GPU11 GB usable504 GB/sSee recommendations →RTX 5070 Ti 16GBDiscrete GPU15 GB usable896 GB/sSee recommendations →RTX 5080 16GBDiscrete GPU15 GB usable960 GB/sSee recommendations →AMD RX 7900 XTX 24GBDiscrete GPU23 GB usable960 GB/sSee recommendations →AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo) 128GBUnified memory108 GB usable256 GB/sSee recommendations →NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GBUnified memory108 GB usable273 GB/sSee recommendations →Mac Studio (2025) M3 Ultra 96GBApple Silicon67 GB usable819 GB/sSee recommendations →MacBook Pro 14/16 (2024) M4 Max 128GBApple Silicon89 GB usable546 GB/sSee recommendations →Mac mini / iMac M4 16GBApple Silicon11 GB usable120 GB/sSee recommendations →Mac mini (2024) M4 Pro 64GBApple Silicon44 GB usable273 GB/sSee recommendations →2x RTX 3090 (48GB total)Discrete GPU46 GB usable936 GB/sSee recommendations →RTX PRO 6000 96GB (bonus page)Discrete GPU95 GB usable1792 GB/sSee recommendations →Mac Studio M5 Ultra 256GBApple Silicon179 GB usable1200 GB/sSee recommendations →Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512GB (ships late Oct 2026)Apple Silicon358 GB usable1200 GB/sSee recommendations →Mac Studio M5 Max 128GBApple Silicon89 GB usable614 GB/sSee recommendations →MacBook Pro 14/16 M5 Max 128GBApple Silicon89 GB usable614 GB/sSee recommendations →MacBook Pro 14/16 M5 Pro 48GBApple Silicon33 GB usable307 GB/sSee recommendations →Mac mini M6 32GBApple Silicon22 GB usable170 GB/sSee recommendations →MacBook Air M5 32GBApple Silicon22 GB usable153 GB/sSee recommendations →