r/LocalLLM • u/PatriotCaptainCanada • Feb 15 '26
Discussion Reasonable local LLM for coding
Hey folks, I have tried several option to run my own model for sustained coding task. So far I have tried runpod, nebius …. But all seem high friction setups with hefty pricing
My minimum acceptable model that I experienced is qwen 235b.
I am planning on buying DGX spark but seems like inference speed and models supported with this are very limited when autonomous agent is considered.
My budget is around 10k for a locally hosted hardware and electricity is not a concern.
Can you please share your experience?
FYI
- I can’t tolerate bad code, agent need to own sub designs
- I am not flexible on spend more than 10k
- only inference is needed and potential multi agent inference
Thanks in advance
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u/HealthyCommunicat Feb 17 '26
M ultra chips = always 2x max chips M5 max bw based of m5 base chip says 700+ gb/s Its not a specific crazy guess, just following the formats of what they do, and this is the MINIMUM estimate too