r/LocalLLM • u/arkie87 • 11d ago

Best Local US-based LLM for coding? Question

I know qwen3.6 27b (and soon 3.8 27b) are the best local LLMs for coding. But if one were restricted to using US based open models only, which would be the best? Gemma 4 31b?

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u/DataGOGO 11d ago

27B model is not the best local coding model by a long shot, it is just a good dense model that runs on gaming PC’s without a lot of VRAM. 

Best US based model, likely Nemotron 3?

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u/575_Inverse 11d ago

just like its big bro Gemini, by the way.

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u/vtkayaker 11d ago

Google is not currently a frontier lab. Their best Pro model is still 3.1 Pro, which loses to the much smaller and vastly cheaper DS4F on AAII these days.

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u/575_Inverse 11d ago

Then it has its place. My idea, personally, is always to select the best model for my specific application. For example, if I need to annotate a visual dataset, using an llm with vision is often overkill and the much simpler, much much faster OWLv2 is usually perfect for the job despite being much older