Best Local AI Models by VRAM Tier - Claude Code Fact Check
Claude Code ranked the best local AI model for each VRAM tier from 4GB to 384GB - Nanbeige 3B at 4GB to Motif-3 314B at 384GB. Fact-checked July 2026: all five picks are real, available, and the 5.9GB Bonsai 27B even runs on an iPhone.