Buyer's Guide · Updated 2026
The Best Mini PC for
Local LLM Inference in 2026
Running Llama 3.3 70B on your desk costs less than a year of ChatGPT Plus subscriptions — if you buy the right hardware. Unified-memory Macs dominate the $1,500-$3,000 tier. Ryzen AI 300 mini PCs eat the budget end. eGPU setups take the crown above $2,500. Here's the real ranking.
| Model | Params | RAM needed (Q4) | Tokens/sec target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.2 3B | 3B | 3-4 GB | 50+ t/s on anything |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 8B | 6-8 GB | 30+ t/s on 16GB unified |
| Qwen 2.5 14B | 14B | 10-12 GB | 20+ t/s on 24GB unified |
| Mistral Small 22B | 22B | 14-16 GB | 15+ t/s on 32GB+ |
| Llama 3.3 70B | 70B | 42-48 GB | 8-12 t/s on 64GB unified |
| Qwen 2.5 72B | 72B | 44-50 GB | 8-12 t/s on 64GB+ |
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