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Best local LLMs for 8 GB RAM
With 8 GB of total memory, 26 of the 73 models in our catalog run comfortably at the recommended 4-bit quantization. Top pick: Qwen 2.5 VL 7B (5.0 GB download).
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Top picks
All models that run on 8 GB
26 / 73 models| Model | Params | Download (Q4) | Min RAM | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 2.5 VL 7B | 8.3B | 5.0 GB | 8 GB | Vision, Chat |
| Qwen 3 8B | 8.2B | 5.0 GB | 8 GB | Chat, Reasoning |
| Granite 3.3 8B | 8.2B | 5.0 GB | 8 GB | Chat |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 8B | 4.9 GB | 8 GB | Chat |
| DeepSeek R1 8B | 8B | 4.9 GB | 8 GB | Reasoning |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 8B (A4.5B) | 4.9 GB | 8 GB | Chat, Vision |
| Qwen3-VL 8B | 8B | 4.9 GB | 8 GB | Vision, Chat |
| Ministral 3 8B | 8B | 4.9 GB | 8 GB | Chat, Vision |
| Gemma 3n E4B | 7.8B (A4B) | 4.7 GB | 8 GB | Chat, Vision |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B | 7.6B | 4.6 GB | 8 GB | Coding |
| DeepSeek R1 7B | 7.6B | 4.6 GB | 8 GB | Reasoning |
| Mistral 7B | 7.2B | 4.4 GB | 8 GB | Chat |
| Gemma 4 E2B | 5.1B (A2.3B) | 3.1 GB | 6 GB | Chat, Vision |
| Gemma 3 4B | 4.3B | 2.6 GB | 6 GB | Chat, Vision |
| Qwen 3 4B | 4B | 2.4 GB | 6 GB | Chat, Reasoning |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 4B | 2.4 GB | 6 GB | Chat, Vision |
| Phi-4 Mini 3.8B | 3.8B | 2.3 GB | 6 GB | Chat |
| Llama 3.2 3B | 3.2B | 1.9 GB | 4 GB | Chat |
| DeepSeek-OCR | 3B (A0.57B) | 1.8 GB | 4 GB | Vision |
| Ministral 3 3B | 3B | 1.8 GB | 4 GB | Chat, Vision |
| DeepSeek R1 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.1 GB | 3 GB | Reasoning |
| Qwen 3 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.0 GB | 3 GB | Chat |
| SmolLM2 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.0 GB | 3 GB | Chat |
| Llama 3.2 1B | 1.2B | 0.7 GB | 3 GB | Chat |
| Gemma 3 1B | 1B | 0.6 GB | 3 GB | Chat |
| Qwen 3 0.6B | 0.6B | 0.4 GB | 2 GB | Chat |
Sizes are 4-bit (Q4_K_M) GGUF builds β the standard for running models locally. Β· Data updated: 2026-06-11 Β· How we calculate these numbers β
Just out of reach β needs 16 GB
These models don't fit comfortably in 8 GB but run on the next tier up.
Qwen 3.5 9B Β· 12 GBGLM-4.6V-Flash Β· 12 GBGemma 4 12B Β· 12 GBMellum 2 12B-A2.5B Β· 12 GBGemma 3 12B Β· 12 GBMistral Nemo 12B Β· 12 GBOLMo 2 13B Β· 12 GBMinistral 3 14B Β· 16 GBPhi-4 14B Β· 16 GBQwen 3 14B Β· 16 GBDeepSeek R1 14B Β· 16 GBPhi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B Β· 16 GB
See the 16 GB tier β