Tier D: what can a 48 GB laptop do with AI?

Tier D means 48 GB of unified memory (Apple silicon), or a graphics card with 16 GB of its own memory. In our test, this tier runs models of 30B+. The tier limits come from our test rules.

Models we test here

• qwen3:30b

Not sure how much memory you have or need? Read how much memory you need for local AI.

Laptops in tier D

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