Guides

Each guide answers one question from the same sourced data: GPU specs, Q4_K_M file sizes and dated prices. Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

• Best GPU for local LLMs (2026) — 4 of the GPUs we have a dated price for fit Qwen3-32B; all 36 ranked by memory, bandwidth and estimated tok/s.
• How much VRAM do you need for a 70B model? — Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is 42.52 GB at Q4_K_M, so about 44 GB of VRAM — the GPUs, multi-GPU setups and builds that fit it.
• Best PC for local LLMs under $2,000 — 16 GB starter: Radeon RX 9070 at $1,744.44; 16 GB NVIDIA: RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB at $1,834.44 — 16 GB of VRAM each, fitting 17 of our 27 sized models.
• RTX 3090 vs RTX 5090 for local LLMs — GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 5090 side by side: memory, bandwidth, dated prices and cost per tok/s.
• Can an RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB run Qwen3 Coder 30B? — Whether Qwen3-30B-A3B (18.63 GB at Q4_K_M) fits the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, what does fit it, and the cheapest card that runs it.
• Strix Halo vs a GPU for local AI — Framework Desktop, AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 (Strix Halo), 192 GB and GeForce RTX 3090 side by side: memory, bandwidth, dated prices and cost per tok/s.
• Dual RTX 3090 local LLM build — 48 GB: dual used RTX 3090 at $5,443.94 — 48 GB of VRAM, fitting 24 of our 27 sized models.
• Tokens per second calculator — Estimated tok/s for any of our 36 GPUs and 27 sized models: 0.76 × bandwidth ÷ GB read per token.
• Cheapest way to run gpt-oss-120b locally — gpt-oss-120b is 62.84 GB at Q4_K_M, so about 64.3 GB of VRAM — the GPUs, multi-GPU setups and builds that fit it.
• Mac vs PC for local LLMs — Apple Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB), Apple Mac Studio M5 Ultra (64-core GPU, 96 GB), GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 5090 side by side: memory, bandwidth, dated prices and cost per tok/s.