Hardware
Buy memory,not speed.
Which machine runs which models is arithmetic, not opinion: measured file sizes, computed context cache, stated margins. Start with the guide that fits your budget, or jump straight to your card.
Guide · start here
Local AI on a budget
Which used and entry-level cards genuinely run local models, what to avoid, and what to check before buying second-hand. Fit counts computed, no street prices.
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Profile · the middle path
DGX Spark
128 GB of unified memory on a desk — capacity, not speed. When a personal AI box is rational, and when renting beats it.
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Every tracked GPU
◇ Estimated— Estimated: computed from our curated model and hardware catalog — not a live reading.Comfortable = rated Excellent or Good at 8K context by the same fit engine as every page here. Each card has its own page with every verdict and the arithmetic behind it.
- RTX 3060 12GB12 GB14 of 45 models run comfortably · Budget classic
- RTX 407012 GB14 of 45 models run comfortably · Entry local
- RTX 4060 Ti 16GB16 GB16 of 45 models run comfortably · Budget 16 GB
- RTX 408016 GB16 of 45 models run comfortably · Solid local
- RTX 5060 Ti 16GB16 GB16 of 45 models run comfortably · Current budget 16 GB
- RTX 5070 Ti16 GB16 of 45 models run comfortably · Fast 16 GB
- RTX 508016 GB16 of 45 models run comfortably · Current 16 GB
- RTX 309024 GB22 of 45 models run comfortably · Used-market value
- RTX 409024 GB22 of 45 models run comfortably · Local workhorse
- RTX 509032 GB29 of 45 models run comfortably · Top consumer
Apple Silicon
Planned at 70% of unified memory — macOS caps what the GPU may take, and the pages say so.
- Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB64 GB unified29 of 45 models run comfortably · Apple unified 64 GB
- Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB64 GB unified29 of 45 models run comfortably · Apple unified 64 GB
- Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB96 GB unified31 of 45 models run comfortably · Apple unified 96 GB
- NVIDIA DGX Spark128 GB unified34 of 45 models run comfortably · Personal AI system
Not sure what you have? The finder detects your GPU in the browser and gives every model a verdict against it.
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