64GB RAM no longer a dead zone for local LLM agents, as a 27B model runs with about 50GB memory usage for context on 64GB M4 Max using Qwen3.8 27B in LM Studio with 256k context
Read the original at www.reddit.com→https://preview.redd.it/hboxdgjh2xyh1.png?width=1230&format=png&auto=webp&s=cca6b2b7b08807a334ff5280e19d96133667fbb0 The usual advice was that 64GB is a dead zone for local LLMs: too small for a 70B with real...
Original headline: "64GB isn't the dead zone anymore if you run agents"
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- Nov 1, 03:02 UTC r/LocalLLaMA lead source 64GB isn't the dead zone anymore if you run agents