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Best Local AI Models by VRAM and Memory: 8GB to 512GB (August 2026)Every pick re-verified for August 2026 against its repo, license, and runtime — one canonical tier map from 8GB cards to 512GB Macs.
Run DeepSeek V4-Flash Locally: Hardware Requirements 2026The 0731 weights are out and the tier map is current: 103GB build on mainline llama.cpp, LM Studio gone local, and the M5 Mac Studio math.
Has Open-Source AI Actually Caught Up? The 2026 Reality CheckOpen models now sit in the frontier top five, but half the viral scoreboard is unshipped. The verified ledger, the price math, and what runs at home.
Best Open-Source Local LLMs by Hardware Tier (July 2026)The best open-source LLMs to run locally in 2026, by hardware tier, with the top tier benchmarked against Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, and Gemini 3.1 Pro.