Best Local Chat Models by VRAM Tier (October 2026)
Open-weight chat LLMs by VRAM tier: Qwen3.5, Qwen3.6, Gemma 4 and gpt-oss picks, with Ollama tag sizes and licences.
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Open-weight chat LLMs by VRAM tier: Qwen3.5, Qwen3.6, Gemma 4 and gpt-oss picks, with Ollama tag sizes and licences.
Head-to-head comparison of local chat and assistant models from 8GB to 32GB VRAM. Current picks: Qwen3.5, Gemma 4, GPT-OSS, Qwen3.6, and GLM-4.7-Flash.