Local Inference

A local LLM does not necessarily have to fit entirely inside your GPU’s VRAM. If the model is too large, runtimes such as llama.cpp can keep part

A local model may advertise a 32K, 64K, 128K, or even larger context window. That does not mean you should configure your local runtime to use the maximum.

A 14 GB model file does not mean you need exactly 14 GB of VRAM to run it. The weights are only one part of the memory used during inference.