234 Days Later: Opus-Class Intelligence Runs Locally on a Single 8GB RTX 3060
JFPuget · x · 2026-09-18
Ahmad Osman notes that 234 days after Opus 4.5/4.6, comparable intelligence can now run on a single RTX 3060 with just 8GB of VRAM. The trick: a 9x size reduction of Qwen 3.8 27B while retaining 98% of its performance. His takeaway: the future of local AI is advancing faster than most believe.
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