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Local LLMs (13B+ models)

Running mid-to-large local language models for inference. We show only cards that clear Smooth local inference (min 16 GB VRAM, 20,000+ Time Spy), ranked by value among today's Amazon listings.

39 GPUs that clear the bar

ranked by value · live prices
Value # Model Brand Price VRAM Condition Check on Amazon
94 Excellent 1 RX 9070 XT AMD £665.47 16 GB New XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9070XT 16GB Gaming Graphics Card White
90 Excellent 2 RX 9070 XT AMD £689.00 16 GB Used ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT White OC Edition 16GB GDDR6 Gaming Graphics Card (AMD Radeon RX9070XT RDNA 4, 2.5-Slot, PCIe 5.0, 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3X DisplayPort 2.1a, White, PRIME-RX9070XT-O16G-WHITE)
90 Good 3 RX 9070 XT AMD £695.00 16 GB New XFX Quicksilver Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming Edition AMD 16 GB GDDR6
89 Good 4 RX 9070 XT AMD £699.99 16 GB New PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6
87 Good 5 RX 9070 XT AMD £712.00 16 GB New XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT Gaming Edition with 16GB GDDR6 HDMI 3xDP, AMD RDNA™ 4 (RX-97TMERCB9)
86 Good 6 RX 9070 XT AMD £725.47 16 GB New XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT 16GB OC Gaming Graphics Card White
85 Good 7 RX 9070 XT AMD £734.00 16 GB New Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT GAMING OC ICE 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR6, 256bit, PCI-E 5.0, 3060 MHz Core Clock, 2 x DisplayPort, 2 x HDMI, GV-R907XGAMINGOCICE-16GD
85 Good 8 RX 9070 XT AMD £735.10 16 GB New GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming 16G Graphics Card, PCIe 5.0, 16GB GDDR6, GV-R9070XTGAMING-16GD Video Card
84 Good 9 RX 9070 XT AMD £738.00 16 GB New XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT 16GB OC Gaming Graphics Card
82 Good 10 RX 9070 XT AMD £757.98 16 GB New ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi White 16GB OC Graphics Card, RDNA 4, 3100 MHz Boost, 16GB GDDR6, 3X DisplayPort 2.1, LCD Info Center
81 Good 11 RX 7900 XT AMD £669.00 20 GB New XFX Radeon RX 7900XT Gaming Graphics Card 20GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 (RX-79TMBABF9)
80 Good 12 RX 7900 XT AMD £678.00 20 GB New XFX Speedster MERC310 AMD Radeon RX 7900XT Ultra Gaming Graphics Card with 20GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3 RX-79TMERCU9
79 Good 13 RX 9070 XT AMD £784.65 16 GB Used Sapphire NITRO+ AMD RADEON™ RX 9070 XT GAMING OC 16GB DUAL HDMI/DUAL DP
79 Good 14 RX 9070 XT AMD £789.98 16 GB New Powercolor Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Red Devil White (16GB GDDR6/PCI Express 5.0/3060MHz/20000MHz)
78 Good 15 RX 9070 XT AMD £798.00 16 GB New XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Magnetic Air Edition AMD 16 GB GDDR6
78 Good 16 RX 9070 XT AMD £799.99 16 GB New Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB Crimson Desert Gaming OC Version
78 Good 17 RX 9070 XT AMD £799.99 16 GB New ASUS Radeon RX 9070 XT TUF Gaming 16GB OC Graphics Card COD BO7 Special Edition
78 Good 18 RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA £899.99 16 GB New INNO3D NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti X3 16GB GDDR7 Gaming Graphics Card (X3, 2 Slot, Reflex 2 RTX AI DLSS4)
78 Good 19 RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA £899.99 16 GB New ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Ti PRIME 16GB GDDR7 OC Graphics Card
76 Good 20 RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA £919.00 16 GB New Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti WINDFORCE OC SFF 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2497 MHz Core Clock, 3 x DP 2.1a, 1 x HDMI 2.1b, NVIDIA DLSS 4, GV-N507TWF3OC-16GD
73 Fair 21 RX 9070 XT AMD £850.75 16 GB New Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT GAMING 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR6, 256bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2970 MHz Core Clock, 2 x DisplayPort 2.1a, 2 x HDMI 2.1b, GV-R9070XTGAMING-16GD
73 Fair 22 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,199.00 16 GB Used Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 GAMING OC 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2730MHz Core Clock, 3 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, GV-N5080GAMING OC-16GD
71 Fair 23 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,229.00 16 GB New MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16G VENTUS 3X OC Carte Graphique - 16 Go GDDR7 (30 GB/s /256 Bits), PCIe 5.0 - Triple Ventilateur (3X Ventilateurs TORX 5.0), HDMI 2.1b, DisplayPort 2.1b
70 Fair 24 RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA £999.99 16 GB New msi Gaming RTX 5070 Ti 16G Ventus 3X PZ OC Graphics Card (16GB GDDR7, 256-bit, Extreme Performance: 2482 MHz, DisplayPort x 3 2.1a, HDMI 2.1b, NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture)
69 Fair 25 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,255.95 16 GB New INNO3D GeForce RTX 5080 X3 OC White 16GB
68 Fair 26 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,279.15 16 GB New msi Gaming RTX 5080 16G Inspire 3X OC Black Graphics Card (16GB GDDR7, 256-bit, Extreme Clock 2655 MHz, DisplayPort x 3 2.1a, HDMI 2.1b, NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture)
68 Fair 27 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,279.99 16 GB Used ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5080 OC 16G GDDR7 Graphics Card - PCIe 5.0, 2685MHz Boost Clock, 1 x HDMI 2.1b, 3 x DP 2.1b, 2.5-slot, Axial-tech fans, Vapor chamber, Dual BIOS, SFF-Ready
67 Fair 28 RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA £1,048.00 16 GB New ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 5.0, HDMI/DP 2.1, 3.125-slot, military-grade components, protective PCB coating, axial-tech fans)
64 Fair 29 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,364.99 16 GB New ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 5.0, HDMI/DP 2.1, 3.6-slot, military-grade components, protective PCB coating, axial-tech fans, vapor chamber)
64 Fair 30 RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA £1,099.99 16 GB New ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 BTF White OC Edition Graphics Card (NVIDIA DLSS 4, 3,125-Slot, PCIe 5.0, 3X DisplayPort 2.1b, 2X HDMI 2.1b, GC-HPWR, White, TUF-RTX5070TI-O16G-BTF-WHITE)
61 Fair 31 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,425.46 16 GB New ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Video Card 16GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 / PRIME-RTX5080-O16G
61 Fair 32 RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA £1,147.99 16 GB New ASUS ProArt NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC Edition, 16GB GDDR7, 256 Bit, PCIe 5.0, 2.5 Slot, 1 HDMI 2.1, 3 DisplayPort 2.1, USB-C, GPU Tweak III, Black, PROART-RTX5070TI-O16G
59 Poor 33 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,478.99 16 GB New ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 BTF 16GB Graphics Card - Black
59 Poor 34 RX 9070 XT AMD £1,062.64 16 GB Used Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCIe 5.0 Grafikkarte
57 Poor 35 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,519.60 16 GB New ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Video Card 16GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 / TUF-RTX5080-O16G-GAMING
57 Poor 36 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,538.09 16 GB New Palit GeForce RTX 5080 Infinity 3 (16GB GDDR7/PCI Express 5.0/2617MHz/30000MHz)
54 Poor 37 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,614.04 16 GB New MSI Gaming RTX 5080 16G Shadow 3X OC Graphics Card (16GB GDDR7, 256-bit, Extreme Clock TBD MHz, DisplayPort x 3 2.1a, HDMI 2.1b, NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture)
51 Poor 38 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,719.99 16 GB New Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 INFINITY 16G Graphics Card
50 Poor 39 RTX 5080 NVIDIA £1,728.38 16 GB New Inno3D GeForce RTX 5080 iCHILL Frostbite 16GB GDDR7 Reflex 2 RTX AI DLSS4

How this list works.

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Requirement bar: hand-estimated

Each software has a minimum VRAM and 3DMark Time Spy score per tier, estimated from published benchmark and settings guides. GPUs below the bar aren't shown; approximate by design, not a guarantee.

Ranking among qualifiers

GPUs that clear the bar are ranked by our standard Value Score (performance relative to price), same metric used across the site.

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