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Best local LLM for laptop with RTX 2050 (4GB VRAM) + 24GB RAM?

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Hello guys My Laptop specs: GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2050 (4GB VRAM) 50 w power limit RAM: 24 GB DDR4 ( 8 + 16 ) CPU: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13420H OS: Windows 11 Inference Engine/GUI: llama.cpp / LM Studio / GGUF I'm looking for recommendations for the best models I can run locally on my laptop with decent…

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  1. 2026-09-12 10:29 · r/LocalLLM
    Best local LLM for laptop with RTX 2050 (4GB VRAM) + 24GB RAM?

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