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Best decision models to run locally on a 48GB Mac

A leaderboard of the best decision models you can run locally on a Mac with 48GB of memory. Models are ranked by one score that combines 238 published benchmarks. Each model shows the download that fits and the command to run it.

Compare tested decision models and inference recipes across text, vision and workflow tasks. Use task filters and raw results: probability consistency measures coherence, not correctness.

Filter by your hardware and budget → ~36GB fast · local only · reset

ram[2][4][8][16][24][32][48][64][96][128][192][256]GB

gpu[apple silicon][graphics card][unified memory][none]

price[local][$0.05][$0.1][any]max per M input tokens

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task[all tasks][tools & automation][retrieval & classification][language understanding][arts & human taste][knowledge & reasoning][vision][workflows][consistency]

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#	model	score↓	where↓	RAM↓	speed↓	get it	sources

#	model	score↓	where↓	RAM↓	speed↓	get it	sources

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357 of 357 catalogue models listed here · sources and licences

* new or thinly tested: ranked on too few benchmark results · † no independently run results verified · ~RAM is estimated; full context may need more memory