Running 30B+ LLMs Locally in 2026: VRAM Requirements, Quantization & Consumer GPU Benchmarks
A comprehensive hardware and memory engineering guide for running 30B to 70B parameter models locally. Learn exact VRAM calculations, GGUF vs EXL2 vs AWQ benchmarks, and consumer GPU tiers.
Ravindra Valand
October 6, 2026
11 min read