2026 Local LLM Guide: Best Models for 8GB and 16GB RAM
thisguyknowsai · x · 2026-07-07
For 8GB RAM, Llama 3.3 8B (4.9GB) is the recommended default generalist. For 16GB RAM, Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B is suggested, as it outperforms Llama in code generation (HumanEval 85% vs 68%). For systems with over 16GB RAM requiring strong reasoning capabilities, DeepSeek R1 is the top pick, offering a visible step-by-step reasoning process.
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