Best local LLMs for the Intel Core i5-8400T / i7-8700T (8th gen desktop) NAS (64 GB)

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. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Flint (40B-A2.5B) Q6_K · 10.7 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q4_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Coding at 32K context

  1. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Flint (40B-A2.5B) Q6_K · 10.7 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q4_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Sage-A1.5 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well

Reasoning at 32K context

  1. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Flint (40B-A2.5B) Q6_K · 10.7 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q4_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Sage-A1.5 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well

Documents (RAG) at 32K context

  1. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q4_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well

Agents & tools at 64K context

  1. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Flint (40B-A2.5B) Q6_K · 10.7 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Sage-A1.5 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q4_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Reverse engineering at 32K context

  1. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 27B Q8_0 · 0.7 tok/s · Very slow
  3. 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Flint (40B-A2.5B) Q6_K · 10.7 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Q5_K_M · 10.6 tok/s · Runs well

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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