{"slug": "show-hn-an-open-source-ai-leaderboard-of-the-best-models-your-machine-can-run", "title": "Show HN: An open source AI leaderboard of the best models your machine can run", "summary": "Developer Jake Manger launched whatmodel, an open source site and terminal tool (curl whatmodel.sh) that lets users enter their RAM and GPU to see which local models they can run, each ranked by a single score fitted across 18,731 published benchmark results. Manger said the project showed a 32GB Mac can now run a model scoring on par with GPT-5 entirely locally and for free, citing Qwen 3.8 27B at 4-bit. The scoring method, data and bench script are published at whatmodel.sh/method and github.com/jakemanger/whatmodel.", "body_md": "Hi everyone, I made whatmodel. It's a simple site that can be visited in the browser or used from the terminal via a:\n\ncurl whatmodel.sh\n\nTo use it, 1. Enter your RAM and GPU 2. See what models you can run locally with its rank and the command to run it 3. Compare them with API models on the same score\n\nBuilding it made me realise a 32GB Mac can now run a model that scores on par with GPT-5, completely locally and for free (e.g. Qwen 3.8 27B at 4-bit).\n\nEach model gets one score fitted across 18,731 published benchmark results, and every result links to its source.\n\nThe method is at [https://whatmodel.sh/method](https://whatmodel.sh/method) and the data, scoring code and bench script are open source: [https://github.com/jakemanger/whatmodel](https://github.com/jakemanger/whatmodel)\n\nIf you'd like to contribute, there's a bench script to collect real-world tok/s and you can also submit any new models and benchmark scores along with their source on github.\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50053608](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50053608)\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-open-source-ai-leaderboard-of-the-best-models-your-machine-can-run", "canonical_source": "https://whatmodel.sh", "published_at": "2026-10-12 09:18:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-12 09:40:05.333197+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["whatmodel", "Jake Manger", "Qwen 3.8 27B", "GPT-5", "GitHub", "Hacker News"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-open-source-ai-leaderboard-of-the-best-models-your-machine-can-run", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-open-source-ai-leaderboard-of-the-best-models-your-machine-can-run.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-open-source-ai-leaderboard-of-the-best-models-your-machine-can-run.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-an-open-source-ai-leaderboard-of-the-best-models-your-machine-can-run.jsonld"}}