Best Local AI Models for Every GPU (4GB to 128GB)

Which local AI model should you actually run on your GPU?

In this video, I compare the best local models for 4GB, 8GB, 12GB, 16GB, 24GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB systems. We cover Gemma 4, Nanbeige 4.2, Bonsai 27B, Qwen3.6-27B, ThinkingCap, Laguna S 2.1 and other experimental workstation-class models.

You will learn why model download size is not the same as runtime memory, how context length increases VRAM usage, when aggressive quantization hurts quality and which models are actually practical in tools like Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, MLX and vLLM.

By the end, you should know which model fits your hardware, which models are worth downloading and which benchmark claims need more scrutiny.