Best Local Video Generation Models by VRAM Tier (October 2026)
Open video models sized for real GPUs, with the text encoder counted in and the licence checked. Wan, Hunyuan, LTX-Video, CogVideoX, Mochi and Allegro compared.
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Self-Host ComfyUI for Image Generation (October 2026)
Install ComfyUI on a consumer GPU and run SD 1.5, SDXL, and FLUX locally. What fits your VRAM, where the models go, and what changed in 2026.
Best Local Reasoning Models by VRAM (October 2026)
Reasoning-capable open-weight models sized by VRAM. DeepSeek-R1, Qwen3 with thinking, QwQ, Phi-4 reasoning, gpt-oss, and the licence traps.
Best GPUs for Local AI (September 2026)
VRAM decides what runs at all, bandwidth decides how fast it types. A buying guide by tier across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple and the used market.
Best Local Embedding and Reranker Models by VRAM (September 2026)
Local embedding and reranking models for RAG, sized by VRAM. Real GGUF file sizes, licences, and the runtime gap that stops Ollama reranking.
Best Local Image Generation Models by VRAM (2026)
Open image models sized for real GPUs, with the text encoder counted in and the licence checked. FLUX 3, Z-Image, Qwen-Image 2.1 and SD3.5 compared.
Local AI by VRAM: Which Models Fit Your GPU (September 2026)
Find your VRAM tier, then the current open-weight pick for chat, coding, vision, speech, translation or agents. Eighteen guides, one index.
6GB VRAM: What You Can Actually Run Locally (2026)
Local AI on a 6GB GPU: GTX 1660, RTX 2060, RTX 3050 and laptop cards. Real weight sizes for chat, coding, vision, speech, translation and RAG.
GGUF vs AWQ vs GPTQ vs MLX: Which Quantization to Use
Quantization formats compared with real file sizes and bits per weight. Why Q4 does not halve a model, and why low quants generate faster.
12GB VRAM: Every AI Task You Can Run Locally (August 2026)
Local AI on a 12GB GPU: chat, coding, vision, speech and agents for RTX 3060 12GB or RTX 4070. Current picks, per-quant weight sizes, honest limits.
16GB VRAM: Every AI Task You Can Run Locally (August 2026)
Local AI on a 16GB GPU: chat, coding, translation, speech and agents for RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 5060 or Arc A770, and why the vision tier stays unresolved.
24GB VRAM: Every AI Task You Can Run Locally (August 2026)
Local AI on a 24GB GPU: chat, coding, vision, speech and agents for RTX 3090 or RTX 4090. Current picks, per-quant weight sizes, and an open runtime bug.
32GB VRAM: Every AI Task You Can Run Locally (August 2026)
Local AI on a 32GB GPU: chat, coding, vision, speech and agents on an RTX 5090. Current picks, per-quant weight sizes, and what the headroom buys.
8GB VRAM: Every AI Task You Can Run Locally (August 2026)
Local AI on an 8GB GPU: chat, coding, vision, speech and agents for RTX 4060 or RTX 3070. Current picks, named quantisations, honest limits.