Local AI Hardware
GPUs, mini PCs, and unified-memory boxes for running local LLMs, with tested tokens/sec.
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Part 1 of 10
Best GPU for LLMs in 2026: Tested by VRAM, Budget, and Model Size
The right graphics card for running large language models locally comes down to one number more than any other: how much VRAM it carries. That single…
18 min read·Jun 2026
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Part 2 of 10
How Much VRAM Do You Need to Run an LLM (7B to 70B)
A 70B model needs about 42 GB of VRAM at Q4_K_M. A 32B fits in 24 GB. A 13B needs about 11 GB, and a 7B…
14 min read·Jun 2026
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Part 3 of 10
Unified Memory vs VRAM for AI, Explained
When you go shopping for hardware to run AI models locally, you run into two completely different ways of attaching memory to a processor, and the…
13 min read·Jun 2026
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Part 4 of 10
Best Mini PC for Local AI and Running LLMs
A 128 GB mini PC now holds a 70B model that a 24 GB graphics card cannot. It will not run that dense 70B fast: expect…
12 min read·Jun 2026
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Part 5 of 10
Mac Mini vs Mini PC vs GPU for Local LLMs
Three ways to run a 70B model at home, and each one wins at something different. A Mac holds a big model and runs it at…
12 min read·Jun 2026
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Part 6 of 10
Used RTX 3090 vs RTX 5090 for Local AI: Is the Cheaper Card Still King?
A tested head-to-head of the used RTX 3090 and the new RTX 5090 for running local LLMs, with real tokens per second, the price gap, and…
8 min read·Jun 2026
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Part 7 of 10
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 vs RTX 5090 for Local AI
Two NVIDIA Blackwell cards keep coming up for anyone building a local AI box right now: the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell with 96GB of memory, and…
10 min read·Jun 2026
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Part 8 of 10
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Mini PCs Compared: Framework Desktop vs GMKtec EVO-X2 vs Beelink GTR9 Pro
All three of these mini PCs run the same silicon: the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 “Strix Halo”, 16 Zen5 cores, the Radeon 8060S iGPU, and…
11 min read·Jun 2026
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Part 9 of 10
RTX Pro 4000 vs RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell: Local AI Benchmarks
RTX Pro 4000 Blackwell and RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell share the same architecture, the same Compute Capability 12.0, and the same 3,090 MHz maximum SM clock.…
8 min read·Jun 2026
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Part 10 of 10
RTX 5070 Ti vs RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: Which Blackwell GPU for Local AI in 2026?
Same 16 GB frame buffer, completely different inference speed. That is the RTX 5070 Ti versus RTX 5060 Ti 16GB situation in 2026: both are Blackwell…
8 min read·Jun 2026