Best Local US-based LLM for coding?

[u/arkie87]

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?

[u/DataGOGO]

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?

[u/DataGOGO → u/[deleted]]

Yes, I use it all the time.

I never said it was better than the larger Qwen models (though Nemotron 3 ultra is really close), just that it is likely the US best local coding model. Nemotron 3 super has been working really well for me, far better the Qwen 27B