Best Local Meta Models

Match · Updated July 2026

The best local Meta model is Llama 4 Maverick (14.3 intelligence) — open weights on Hugging Face, small enough to run on your own hardware. Llama 4 Scout (10.0) is next.

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$0.200Input /M

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The best local LLMs — open-weight models small enough to run on your own hardware with Ollama, llama.cpp or vLLM — ranked by intelligence. Frontier-scale open models (400B+) are excluded: downloadable isn't the same as runnable. Every model here is on Hugging Face.

Frequently asked

What is the best local Meta model?

The best local Meta model is Llama 4 Maverick (14.3 intelligence) — open weights on Hugging Face, small enough to run on your own hardware. Llama 4 Scout (10.0) is next.

What's a good alternative to Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Scout (10.0) is the closest alternative on this metric. See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

How many Meta models are there?

modelgrep tracks 8 Meta models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Llama 4 Maverick. 2 of them qualify for this ranking.

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