Prediction: Opus 5.5 will run locally on a single 24GB GPU within 8 months
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-10-13
TheZachMueller quote-tweeted @TheAhmadOsman's prediction that "Opus 5.5 running on 2x RTX PRO 6000s will be insane, and it will happen within less than 8 months," adding that his non-bubble friends independently agree — within 8 months, on a single 24GB card.
He quotes a friend: "when that happens, I won't need anything else. Sonnet (yes Sonnet, not Opus) is the first model I can fully work with and it's a good experience." The core topic is how fast frontier model capability is sinking down to consumer hardware.
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