Weekly archive
New local AI models, Mar 2–8, 2026
7 open models released Mar 2–8, 2026, with how each runs on five reference devices.
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87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
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86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
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74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
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70Great quality (A) · 70 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
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68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
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- Phone iPhone 17 Pro Runs well 21.5 tok/s
- Laptop MacBook Pro M5 Pro 64 GB Runs great 50.0 tok/s
- Gaming PC RTX 5090 32 GB Runs great 115 tok/s
- Edge board Jetson Orin NX 16 GB Runs well 27.9 tok/s
- Workstation Mac Studio 512 GB Runs great 45.1 tok/s
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62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
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- Phone iPhone 17 Pro Runs great 42.1 tok/s
- Laptop MacBook Pro M5 Pro 64 GB Runs great 71.8 tok/s
- Gaming PC RTX 5090 32 GB Runs great 224 tok/s
- Edge board Jetson Orin NX 16 GB Runs great 37.9 tok/s
- Workstation Mac Studio 512 GB Runs great 88.3 tok/s
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50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
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- Phone iPhone 17 Pro Runs well 24.4 tok/s
- Laptop MacBook Pro M5 Pro 64 GB Runs great 41.6 tok/s
- Gaming PC RTX 5090 32 GB Runs great 130 tok/s
- Edge board Jetson Orin NX 16 GB Runs great 31.7 tok/s
- Workstation Mac Studio 512 GB Runs great 51.2 tok/s
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.