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Voltarum Local LLM Hardware Guide

Edge AI boards for local LLMs

Why choose this family
Jetson, Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 and RK3588: small models at a few watts.
The catch
Small models only; some run vendor-compiled models only.
In this familyMemoryBandwidthLargest popular model at 4-bitPrice
Jetson AGX Thor128 GB273 GB/sQwen3.5 122B A10B$5,499
Jetson Orin Nano Super8 GB102 GB/s—$399
Jetson AGX Orin 64GB64 GB205 GB/sLlama 3.3 70B$1,999
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 28 GB—Qwen3 1.7B$200
RK3588 (Orange Pi 5 Plus and others)32 GB—Qwen3.5 9B—

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NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit

Memory
128 GB
Bandwidth
273 GB/s

Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3.5 122B A10B

Robotics computer with 128 GB and Blackwell. Similar LLM speed to a DGX Spark.

from $5,499 (typical price)For advanced users

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NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit

Memory
8 GB
Bandwidth
102 GB/s

Largest popular model at 4-bit: None of our popular models

A 25 W CUDA board that runs 1–4B models: robotics and smart-home projects, not chat at scale.

from $399 (typical price)Good budget option

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NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB Developer Kit

Memory
64 GB
Bandwidth
205 GB/s

Largest popular model at 4-bit: Llama 3.3 70B

64 GB at 60 W with CUDA. Now outclassed for LLMs by Strix Halo and the Mac mini.

from $1,999 (launch price)Older hardware

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Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 (Hailo-10H)

Memory
8 GB
Bandwidth
—

Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3 1.7B

An NPU with its own 8 GB for the Raspberry Pi 5. It runs only Hailo's compiled models, up to about 2B.

from $200 (typical price)For advanced users

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Rockchip RK3588 boards (NPU)

Memory
32 GB
Bandwidth
—

Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3.5 9B

Cheap Arm boards whose small NPU runs converted models through RKLLM. Slow, but very frugal.

—For advanced users