Open-Source LLM Leaderboard 2026: Hardware Needed to Run Each Top Model
Top open-source LLMs in 2026 ranked by capability + the exact hardware you need to run each locally. Llama 3 405B, Qwen 2.5 72B, DeepSeek V3, Mistral Large 2.
AI Benchmarks
Benchmarks and reference data for AI hardware
VRAM Requirements for Every Major LLM in 2026 (Quantization Cheat Sheet)
The complete VRAM cheat sheet for every major open LLM in 2026 — at every common quantization level — plus a matrix showing which models fit on 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, and 80 GB GPUs.