Local AI Inference Speed: What to Expect (September 2026)
Real tokens per second from local LLMs on consumer hardware: how quant and context change speed, why memory bandwidth is the limit, and what helps.
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Real tokens per second from local LLMs on consumer hardware: how quant and context change speed, why memory bandwidth is the limit, and what helps.
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.