#models

DeepSeek's reasoning models are among the most capable open weights you can run — and the V4 generation is enormous. Here's what actually fits on consumer hardware, what doesn't, and the honest setup path for the DeepSeek models that matter for local inference.

Every 'best local LLM' list ranks models by reputation and parameter count. None of them actually ran the models on consumer hardware and reported measured tok/s, VRAM, and quality scores. We did. Here are the models that genuinely run well on hardware you own — with the receipts.

A start-to-finish guide to running LLMs on your own hardware in 2026 — pick the right GPU, choose a backend, pick a quantization, and pick a runtime. Every recommendation is backed by measured benchmarks, not guesses. For beginners and builders.