Tier list

Local AI model tier list

Every model we track, ranked by quality alone. Tiers don’t depend on your hardware: they tell you how capable a model is. To see which ones your machine can run, use the Model Finder.

How the 61 image models stack up

A+ (17) A (16) B (16) C (9) D (3)

Tap a tier to jump to it. Scores run from 0 to 100; A+ is 85 and up.

Top ratedFibo 2.0 DevBria AI · 8.1B93 Best small modelQwen-Image 2.17.1B · lighter to run93 Newest top-tierMiniMax H3 ImageReleased 2026-11 · MiniMax93 Best fully openQwen-Image 2512APACHE-2.0 · Alibaba90

Who makes the best ones · models rated A or A+

  1. Black Forest Labs9
  2. Alibaba5
  3. HiDream.ai3
  4. Baidu2
  5. Alibaba (Tongyi)2
  6. Bria AI1

Step 1

Tell us your hardware first

Then you will see how many of these 61 image models run on it, and can filter the list by how well each one runs.

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A+

Excellent · scores 85–100

Best in class: the results people choose these models for.

17 models
A

Great · scores 70–84

Great: close to the best, often lighter or faster.

16 models
B

Good · scores 55–69

Good: dependable for most everyday jobs.

16 models
C

Fair · scores 40–54

Fair: usable, with visible limits.

9 models
D

Basic · scores under 40

Basic: older or very small models.

3 models

Quality tiers are curated from published benchmarks and model reviews, then scaled by quantization for each result on the Model Finder, so a tier here is the model’s ceiling at full precision.

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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