Best local LLMs for the NVIDIA H200 141GB SXM

Each list assumes the context that task needs, so a model that fits for chat may rank lower for long documents.

General chat at 8K context

  1. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B Q8_0 · 140 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q8_0 · 140 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q5_K_M · 211 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B F16 · 153 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Flint (40B-A2.5B) F16 · 162 tok/s · Runs great

Coding at 32K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B Q6_K · 165 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q6_K · 165 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q5_K_M · 211 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Flint (40B-A2.5B) F16 · 162 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B F16 · 153 tok/s · Runs great

Reasoning at 32K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B Q6_K · 165 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q6_K · 165 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q5_K_M · 211 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Flint (40B-A2.5B) F16 · 162 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B F16 · 153 tok/s · Runs great

Documents (RAG) at 32K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q6_K · 165 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q5_K_M · 211 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B F16 · 153 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B F16 · 153 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B Q6_K · 153 tok/s · Runs great

Agents & tools at 64K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B Q6_K · 165 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q6_K · 165 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q5_K_M · 211 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B F16 · 153 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 31B F16 · 44.2 tok/s · Runs great

Reverse engineering at 32K context

  1. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B F16 · 153 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 27B F16 · 49.8 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Devstral 2 (123B) Q5_K_M · 38.9 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B Q6_K · 153 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) F16 · 153 tok/s · Runs great

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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