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GPT-OSS 120B
GPT-OSS / 117B / MXFP4 / ~65.4 GB
Best for: Reasoning, Coding, Agents·Perf: ~42.8 tok/s · first token ~1.5s
Best for reasoning, coding, agents. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run gpt-oss:120b
Best Local LLMs for 128GB RAM
Ranked open-weight models that run well on a 128GB machine, with estimated speed and the exact ollama command for each.
Try: RTX 4090, MacBook Pro M4, 16GB, iPhone 17 Pro
Best local models for ~128GB
12 picksEstimates assume a representative Apple-Silicon machine with 128GB unified memory. Tok/s are ModelFit estimates, not measured benchmarks. Run the wizard for figures tuned to your exact chip.
Runs well
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Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Instruct
Qwen / 122B / Q4_K_M / ~72 GB
Best for: Frontier-level reasoning, Complex tasks·Perf: ~28.4 tok/s · first token ~1.6s
Best for frontier-level reasoning, complex tasks. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run qwen3.5:122b-a10b
03
Llama 4 Scout
Llama / 109B / Q4_K_M / ~67 GB
Best for: Long context, Quality, Multimodal·Perf: ~23.1 tok/s · first token ~1.7s
Best for long context, quality, multimodal. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run llama4:scout
04
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Q8)
Qwen / 80B / Q8_0 / ~84.8 GB
Best for: Chat, Coding, Long Context·Perf: ~35 tok/s · first token ~1.5s
This model may feel memory-heavy on 128 GB RAM, but it is still listed for balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run qwen3-next:80b-a3b-instruct-q8_0
05
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B
Qwen / 80B / Q4_K_M / ~50.4 GB
Best for: Chat, Coding, Long Context·Perf: ~64 tok/s · first token ~1.4s
Best for chat, coding, long context. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run qwen3-next:80b
06
Laguna S 2.1
Laguna / 118B / Q4_K_M / ~96 GB
Best for: Agentic coding, Long-horizon tasks·Perf: ~32.3 tok/s · first token ~1.6s
This model may feel memory-heavy on 128 GB RAM, but it is still listed for balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run laguna-s-2.1:q4_K_M
07
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B (Q8)
Qwen / 35B / Q8_0 / ~38.7 GB
Best for: Reasoning, Coding, Agents·Perf: ~53 tok/s · first token ~1.4s
Best for reasoning, coding, agents. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0
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Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Instruct (Q8)
Qwen / 35B / Q8_0 / ~38.7 GB
Best for: Reasoning, Coding, Agent scenarios·Perf: ~53 tok/s · first token ~1.4s
Best for reasoning, coding, agent scenarios. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run qwen3.5:35b-a3b-q8_0
09
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen / 35B / Q4_K_M / ~22 GB
Best for: Reasoning, Coding, Agents·Perf: ~96.8 tok/s · first token ~1.4s
Best for reasoning, coding, agents. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run qwen3.6:35b-a3b
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Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Instruct
Qwen / 35B / Q4_K_M / ~20 GB
Best for: Reasoning, Coding, Agent scenarios·Perf: ~96.8 tok/s · first token ~1.4s
Best for reasoning, coding, agent scenarios. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run qwen3.5:35b-a3b
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Qwen3.8 27B
Qwen / 27B / Q4_K_M / ~16.5 GB
Best for: Coding, Agent, Vision, Long context·Perf: ~36.8 tok/s · first token ~0.7s
Best for coding, agent, vision, long context. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run qwen3.8:27b
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Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen / 27B / Q4_K_M / ~18 GB
Best for: Coding, Quality, Long context·Perf: ~36.8 tok/s · first token ~0.7s
Best for coding, quality, long context. Strong fit for 128 GB RAM with balanced speed and quality.
$ollama run qwen3.6:27b
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