Best Local LLM for Coding: 8GB to 24GB VRAM Picks
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The best local LLM for coding right now is Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B on a 24 GB card, Qwen2.5 Coder 14B at Q4 on 12–16 GB, and Qwen2.5 Coder 7B at Q4 on 8 GB. Every one of these runs fully offline, autocompletes and refactors real code, and costs nothing per token. If your GPU has less VRAM than the mode…
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- 2026-09-18 01:46 · DEV Community — AI
Best Local LLM for Coding: 8GB to 24GB VRAM Picks