budget
Local LLM under $2,000
Under $2,000 (€1,787 incl. VAT) localLLMrig picks Qwen2.5 32B at Q4 as the largest model that fully fits somewhere. Global prices (USD), EUR available. Those prices are marked price unverified. Tokens/s are estimates.
This page is $2,000. The catalog compares against about €1,787 incl. VAT, an FX estimate.
Three setups
Qwen2.5 32B · Q4 · 8,192 ctx
Estimated memory
22.6 GBestimate
19.7 GB weights · 2.1 GB KV cache · 0.8 GB overhead
You didn't pick a model. Inside this budget, this is the largest model that fully fits somewhere.
01 · Fastest
Mac mini M6 32GB
32B Q4 fits, 70B does not. Apple lists 170 GB/s for the higher memory configuration.
$1,713€1,530
price as of 16 Oct 2026
price unverifiedEstimate from the 16 Oct 2026 fact-check. Not a checked Apple Store listing. About €1,530.
inside budget
tok/s estimate
3.7estimate
needed
22.6 GBfull fit
usable
24.0 GBunified
Why this one
- The model fits entirely in VRAM or unified memory. No CPU offload.
- It fits, with little room left. A longer context can push it over.
- The indicative price is inside your budget.
- Unified memory: weights and KV cache share one pool.
- One box, little noise, no discrete GPU.
- Highest estimated speed in this shortlist.
Parts
- Mac mini M6 with 32 GB (170 GB/s according to Apple)
EU shops
US shops are not linked yet.
02 · A step up
PC with RTX 5090 32GB
Highest bandwidth in a single card. 32 GB is plenty for 32B, still too tight for 70B Q4.
$8,283€7,399
price as of 16 Oct 2026
64 GB DDR4 (estimate): $672€600. From the 16 Oct 2026 fact-check.
rest of system (estimate): $560€500. The total is the GPU price plus the RAM line plus this estimate. It is not a checked system price.
price unverifiedGPU line is the new in-stock floor €6,299 from PriceSquirrel at Proshop (FI) (https://www.pricesquirrel.com/gpus/rtx-5090). 64 GB DDR4 (estimate) €600, from the 16 Oct 2026 fact-check. Rest of system (estimate) €500. Other parts from €500 in that fact-check. Not a shop listing. The parts list names 96 GB DDR5. That kit was not priced, so this total uses the sourced 64 GB DDR4 line. The total is the GPU price plus the RAM line plus that rest estimate. It is not a checked system price.
over budget
tok/s estimate
63estimate
needed
22.6 GBfull fit
usable
31.4 GBVRAM
Why this one
- The model fits entirely in VRAM or unified memory. No CPU offload.
- Above your budget. Nothing fully fit inside the amount, or this is a faster step above it.
- High memory bandwidth, so a higher tokens-per-second estimate.
Parts
- GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- 96 GB DDR5 is named here and was not priced.
- 64 GB DDR4 (estimate): €600. from the 16 Oct 2026 fact-check.
- Rest of system (estimate): €500. Other parts from €500 in that fact-check. Not a shop listing.
- Ryzen 7 9700X or similar
- 1200W PSU, roomy case
EU shops
US shops are not linked yet.
03 · A step up
Dual RTX 4090, 48 GB
Same memory as two 3090s, higher bandwidth, a lot more money.
$8,206€7,330
price as of 16 Oct 2026
128 GB DDR4 (estimate): $2,754€2,460. From the 16 Oct 2026 fact-check.
rest of system (estimate): $560€500. The total is the GPU price plus the RAM line plus this estimate. It is not a checked system price.
price unverifiedGPU line is 2× the used median €2,185 (€4,370), labelled used, from pcprice.watch (https://www.pcprice.watch/gpu-buying-guide/rtx-4090-price-used-and-specs). 128 GB DDR4 (estimate) €2,460, from the 16 Oct 2026 fact-check. Rest of system (estimate) €500. Other parts from €500 in that fact-check. Not a shop listing. DDR5 was not separately priced, so this total uses the sourced 128 GB DDR4 line. The total is the GPU price plus the RAM line plus that rest estimate. It is not a checked system price.
over budget · used
tok/s estimate
39estimate
needed
22.6 GBfull fit
usable
46.8 GBVRAM
Why this one
- The model fits entirely in VRAM or unified memory. No CPU offload.
- Memory left for a longer context or a heavier quantisation.
- Above your budget. Nothing fully fit inside the amount, or this is a faster step above it.
- Two GPUs. Expect a heavier PSU and a llama.cpp split. Bandwidth does not fully double.
- High memory bandwidth, so a higher tokens-per-second estimate.
- Second-hand or a previous generation. The price moves around.
Parts
- 2× GeForce RTX 4090 24GB, used
- 128 GB DDR4 (estimate): €2,460. from the 16 Oct 2026 fact-check.
- Rest of system (estimate): €500. Other parts from €500 in that fact-check. Not a shop listing.
- Ryzen 9 7950X or similar
- 1600W PSU
EU shops
US shops are not linked yet.
With CPU offload, and therefore slower, this could also work: Budget PC with RTX 3060 12GB, ~2.0 tok/s estimate, $1,519€1,357.
Tokens per second are estimated from memory bandwidth, not from a measured benchmark. EUR prices include VAT. USD is an FX estimate. A price without a checked listing is marked price unverified. Run llama-bench yourself before you buy.
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Common questions
- What is the largest model that fully fits under $2,000?
- In this dataset that is Qwen2.5 32B at Q4, with an estimated memory need of 22.6 GB at 8,192 tokens. That is an estimate. sourceUrl stays null.
- Is a 70B model always included?
- No. Llama 70B Q4_K_M needs about 42 GB of weights, about 46 GB with KV cache and overhead at 8,192 tokens. At the lower amounts it does not fully fit. The page then shows a smaller model that does, or the fastest full fits above the budget when nothing inside it does.
- Are the prices shop prices?
- The stored 3060, 3090 and 4090 prices are pcprice.watch used medians. Other rechecked GPU cards cite GPU PRIX or PriceSquirrel, and the 3090 and 4090 also show a GPU PRIX new price. Build totals add a sourced RAM line and rest of system (estimate) and stay unverified. Three Apple configs cite the Belgian Apple Store. Other Apple euro amounts are estimates or used figures. EUR includes VAT. USD is an FX estimate.