Best local LLMs for the AMD EPYC 7002 / 7003 series NAS (256 GB)

Each list assumes the context that task needs, so a model that fits for chat may rank lower for long documents.

General chat at 8K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q4_K_M · 21.6 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.7 (230B-A10B) Q5_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Step 3.7 Flash (198B-A11B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.5 (230B-A10B) Q5_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Inkling Small (276B-A12B) Q4_K_M · 11.2 tok/s · Runs well

Coding at 32K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q4_K_M · 21.6 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.7 (230B-A10B) Q5_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Step 3.7 Flash (198B-A11B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.5 (230B-A10B) Q5_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Inkling Small (276B-A12B) Q4_K_M · 11.2 tok/s · Runs well

Reasoning at 32K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q4_K_M · 21.6 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.7 (230B-A10B) Q5_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Step 3.7 Flash (198B-A11B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.5 (230B-A10B) Q5_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Inkling Small (276B-A12B) Q4_K_M · 11.2 tok/s · Runs well

Documents (RAG) at 32K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q4_K_M · 21.6 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.7 (230B-A10B) Q5_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.5 (230B-A10B) Q5_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Inkling Small (276B-A12B) Q4_K_M · 11.2 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Step 3.5 Flash (196B-A11B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well

Agents & tools at 64K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q4_K_M · 21.6 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.7 (230B-A10B) Q4_K_M · 13.3 tok/s · Runs well
  3. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Step 3.7 Flash (198B-A11B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.5 (230B-A10B) Q4_K_M · 13.3 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Inkling Small (276B-A12B) Q4_K_M · 11.2 tok/s · Runs well

Reverse engineering at 32K context

  1. 91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 Flash Next (125B-A6B) Q4_K_M · 21.6 tok/s · Runs well
  2. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q4_K_M · 40.2 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. gpt-oss 120B MXFP4 · 26.7 tok/s · Runs well
  4. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiniMax M2.7 (230B-A10B) Q5_K_M · 11.1 tok/s · Runs well
  5. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Step 3.7 Flash (198B-A11B) Q5_K_M · 10.1 tok/s · Runs well

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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