Best local LLMs for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q8_0 · 139 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q6_K · 179 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 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. Muse Glimmer 30B Q6_K · 51.3 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 94Excellent quality (A+) · 94 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. Nanbeige4.3 33B Q6_K · 46.1 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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 27B Q6_K · 54.9 tok/s · Runs great

Coding at 32K 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. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q8_0 · 139 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q6_K · 179 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 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. Muse Glimmer 30B Q6_K · 51.3 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 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. Qwen3.6 27B Q6_K · 54.9 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 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. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 179 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Reasoning at 32K context

  1. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q6_K · 179 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  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. Muse Glimmer 30B Q6_K · 51.3 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 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. Qwen3.6 27B Q6_K · 54.9 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 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. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 179 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nanbeige4.3 33B Q4_K_M · 66.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Documents (RAG) at 32K 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. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q8_0 · 139 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q6_K · 179 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 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. Muse Glimmer 30B Q6_K · 51.3 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 100/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 27B Q6_K · 54.9 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 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. Qwen3.6 27B Q6_K · 54.9 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. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q6_K · 164 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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. Muse Glimmer 30B Q5_K_M · 61.0 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 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. Qwen3.6 27B Q6_K · 54.9 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 211 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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. KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B) Q6_K · 179 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Reverse engineering at 32K context

  1. 92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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 27B Q6_K · 54.9 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 99/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 211 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) Q5_K_M · 194 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 94Excellent quality (A+) · 94 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 27B Q6_K · 54.9 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 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. Qwen3.6 27B Q6_K · 54.9 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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