Local LLM community jokes up a RAM-based size standard: Tiny to Huge in five tiers
Woof9000 · reddit · 2026-10-13
Frustrated that the local LLM community still has no consensus on what 'small' vs 'large' means years in, a r/LocalLLaMA user proposed a tongue-in-cheek standard based on (v)RAM footprint: Tiny (≤2GB), Small (≤8GB), Medium (≤32GB), Large (≤128GB), Huge (≤512GB) — with anything bigger left 'for future generations to fight over.'
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