Best home AI rig under €5,000
Only builds whose total cost is stated in the source (converted to € at the ECB rate) are listed. Reported costs are what the builder said they paid.
Builds with a source-reported total cost
| Build | GPU(s) | VRAM GB | Reported cost | Measured tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual used RTX 3090, ~2000 EUR total ⚠ unchecked | 2x RTX 3090 (used) | 48 | €2,000 (≈$2,242) | Llama 3.3 70B: 20 |
| Mac Studio 64 GB ⚠ unchecked | Apple unified memory | 64 | $4,000 (≈€3,569) | Llama 3.3 70B: 11 |
| $2K EPYC 64-core, 512 GB DDR4, CPU-only | None (CPU inference) | $2,000 (≈€1,784) | DeepSeek R1 671B: 4.31 | |
| 4x RTX 3090 homelab on Threadripper 2920X ⚠ unchecked | 4x RTX 3090 (~$625 each, used) | 96 | $3,300 (≈€2,944) | no speed data |
Builds whose GPUs cost under €5,000 today (estimated)
These sources don't state a total cost. The figure is our estimated GPU cost only, from the lowest new retail price on billiger.de, approx. price as of 2026-10-16. CPU, RAM, PSU, case and storage are not included, and used GPUs often cost less. Each build page links the exact price source.
| Build | GPU(s) | VRAM GB | Est. GPU cost | Measured tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 265K + RTX 4090 | RTX 4090 | 24 | ≈€3,955 GPU only, est. | gpt-oss 20B: 279.65 DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B: 92.49 Llama 3.2 3B: 334.67 |
| RTX 4090: 2026 models (llamabench community) | RTX 4090 | 24 | ≈€3,955 GPU only, est. | Qwen3.6 27B: 47.0 Gemma 4 31B: 43.8 Gemma 4 26B-A4B: 164 Gemma 4 12B: 98.1 gpt-oss 20B: 203 Qwen3.5 9B: 137 LFM2.5 24B-A2B: 261-339 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B: 108 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X + RTX 4090 | RTX 4090 | 24 | ≈€3,955 GPU only, est. | Llama 3.2 3B: 237.05 Llama 3.1 70B: 3.1 |
| Single RTX 5080 16GB | RTX 5080 | 16 | ≈€1,599 GPU only, est. | gpt-oss 20B: 204.85 |
| Ryzen 9 7950X + RTX 4080 | RTX 4080 | 16 | ≈€1,490 GPU only, est. | Llama 3.2 3B: 204.45 |
| Ryzen 9 7950X + RTX 4070 Ti Super | RTX 4070 Ti Super | 16 | ≈€1,490 GPU only, est. | Llama 3.2 3B: 198.95 |
| Intel Core Ultra 265K + Radeon AI Pro R9700 | AMD Radeon AI Pro R9700 | 32 | ≈€1,718 GPU only, est. | gpt-oss 20B: 163.26 DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B: 53.72 Llama 3.2 3B: 195.91 |
| Single RTX 5070 Ti 16GB | RTX 5070 Ti | 16 | ≈€1,188 GPU only, est. | gpt-oss 20B: 189.45 |
| Single RTX 4090 (llama.cpp CUDA scoreboard) | RTX 4090 24GB | 24 | ≈€3,955 GPU only, est. | Llama 2 7B: 188.96 |
| Intel Core Ultra 265K + RTX A4000 | RTX A4000 | 16 | ≈€1,050 GPU only, est. | gpt-oss 20B: 93.55 Llama 3.2 3B: 149.44 |
| Ryzen 9 9950X + Radeon RX 7900 XT | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | 20 | ≈€869 GPU only, est. | Llama 3.2 3B: 131.2 |
| RTX 3060 12GB: 2026 models (llamabench community) | RTX 3060 | 12 | ≈€429 GPU only, est. | Gemma 4 12B: 38.5 LFM2.5 24B-A2B: 125 Qwen3.8 27B: 5.2-6.7 |
| Intel Core Ultra 265K + RTX 3060 | RTX 3060 | 12 | ≈€429 GPU only, est. | gpt-oss 20B: 83.96 DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B: 29.77 Llama 3.2 3B: 122.85 |
| Single RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | 16 | ≈€739 GPU only, est. | gpt-oss 20B: 111.51 |
| RTX 5070 Ti: 2026 models (llamabench community) | RTX 5070 Ti | 16 | ≈€1,188 GPU only, est. | Gemma 4 12B: 87.6 |
| RTX 4090 desktop (speed comparison vs Macs) | RTX 4090 24GB | 24 | ≈€3,955 GPU only, est. | Llama 3.1 8B: 52.99 Mistral Small 22B: 26.72 |
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