Illustrative build · sample prices
Value 16 GB
A new 16 GB card in a plain AM5 tower. Runs every 14B model at Q4 with long context, and gpt-oss-20b at full speed.
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- Verified Checked against the primary source (for example the model’s config.json on Hugging Face).
- Sourced Taken from a cited source; not yet independently checked.
- Estimate Calculated with the published formulas; not a measurement.
- Sample Placeholder data for layout; not a real figure.
- Not yet measured No public, citable score found for this benchmark yet. We never fill the gap with a guess.
Verified metadata is not a measured performance result. Only cited runs matching model, device, quant and recorded context can replace speed estimates. Estimates assume one stream and F16 KV cache, with a ±25% uncertainty band. A published run applies only to its recorded runtime and conditions; missing settings are unknown.
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Includes the listed system parts. Excludes tax, shipping, peripherals, maintenance, financing and resale. Sample parts prices may differ from current hardware catalogue prices. Electricity assumes 250 W whole-system load for 4 h and 45 W idle for 20 h daily, 30 days at $0.15/kWh. Power is unmeasured.
Parts list
Sample parts and prices for layout; not tracked retailer prices.
Part | Item | Price, USD |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB | $479Sample |
| CPU | Ryzen 5 7600 | $189Sample |
| Motherboard | B650 micro-ATX | $129Sample |
| Memory | 32 GB DDR5-6000 (2×16) | $109Sample |
| Storage | 2 TB NVMe Gen4 | $119Sample |
| PSU | 650 W 80+ Gold | $79Sample |
| Case | Mesh mid-tower | $69Sample |
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Expected speed
Reference models, default quant, 8k context.
Model | Verdict | tok/s |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 14B | Fits | 26.0Estimate |
| gpt-oss-20b | Fits | 117.4Estimate |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Fits | 44.8Estimate |
Break-even card
Electricity $8.55/month (250 W × 4 h + 45 W idle × 20 h, $0.15/kWh).
Plan | Price / month | Months to break even |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT Plus | $20 | 102.4 |
| Claude Pro | $20 | 102.4 |
| Google AI Pro | $19.99 | 102.5 |
| Claude Max (5×) | $100 | 12.8 |
| ChatGPT Pro 100 | $100 | 12.8 |
| Google AI Ultra (5×) | $99.99 | 12.8 |
| Claude Max (20×) | $200 | 6.1 |
| ChatGPT Pro 200 | $200 | 6.1 |
| Google AI Ultra (20×) | $199.99 | 6.1 |
| ChatGPT Pro 500 (top tier) | $500 | 2.4 |
Break-even = hardware ÷ (plan − electricity). It ignores capability: a local model is not a frontier model. Adjust the numbers.