🔧 How I Tested 5 Small LLMs on a Weak PC (Intel i5, No GPU) – And Found a Winner

A practical guide to running LLMs on budget hardware: real speeds, real stories, and real conclusions








📌 Table of Contents



My Setup (The "Weak" PC)
Why I Did This
The 5 Models I Tested
The Test Method
Model 1: LFM2.5-350M – The Speed Demon
Model 2: Qwen3 0.6B – The Balanced One
Model 3: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct – The All-Rounder
Model...