Tier A
What can a 8 GB laptop do?
8 gb of memory. Models of 1-4B.
No laptop measured by us yet. Estimates for this tier are in the finder.
AI models live in memory. More memory means bigger models, and bigger models usually give better answers. We sort laptops into four tiers by memory and test each tier with models that fit it.
Tier A
8 gb of memory. Models of 1-4B.
No laptop measured by us yet. Estimates for this tier are in the finder.
Tier B
16 gb of memory. Models of 7-9B.
No laptop measured by us yet. Estimates for this tier are in the finder.
Tier C
24 gb of unified memory (apple silicon), or a graphics card with 8 gb of its own memory. Models of 12-20B.
No laptop measured by us yet. Estimates for this tier are in the finder.
Tier D
48 gb of unified memory (apple silicon), or a graphics card with 16 gb of its own memory. Models of 30B+.
1 laptop measured by us.