Real-Time Local 3B Model Demo on a ~$1800 Asus Zenbook, Qualcomm NPU Credited
draginol · x · 2026-09-04
draginol shared a live (explicitly not sped up) demo of a 3 billion parameter model running locally in real time on an Asus Zenbook laptop ($1800).
He credits the Qualcomm NPU as the secret ingredient enabling the performance, rather than GPU or cloud, and invites those familiar with local models to explain the significance in the comments.
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