Open-weight local LLM

EXAONE Deep (7.8B)

LG AI Research reasoning model. Strong at math and coding reasoning. 200K downloads.

Laptop ready 8 GB RAM Q4_K_M Reasoning
Parameters
7.8B
Minimum RAM
8 GB
Model size
4.7 GB
Quantization
Q4_K_M

Can EXAONE Deep (7.8B) run locally?

EXAONE Deep (7.8B) is a good fit for normal laptops and compact desktops with 8 GB RAM or more.

Search for exaone-deep-7.8b in LM Studio or another GGUF-compatible runtime.

reasoningstandard

Install path

01
Check RAM fitMinimum 8 GB RAM. Start with the Q4_K_M quant.
02
Load the modelSearch exaone-deep-7.8b in LM Studio.
03
Control locallyUse LocalClaw to manage models, agents, chat, channels and scheduled OpenClaw work.

Strengths

  • LG AI Research reasoning model. Strong at math and coding reasoning. 200K downloads.

Limitations

  • Performance depends on quantization, RAM bandwidth and runtime support.

Best use cases

  • reasoning
  • standard

Capability profile

speed
8
quality
7
coding
7
reasoning
8

Technical notes

Developer
exaone
License
See model repository
Context window
Unknown tokens
Architecture
See model card

This model fits these next steps

Hardware fit is based on LocalClaw's RAM tier, model size and quantization metadata. Always leave memory headroom for your OS and runtime.

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