How long can I expect to wait until the local ~30B A3B frontier catches up to GLM 5.3 Flash quality?
Summary
The user queries whether local AI models around 30B parameters can achieve GLM 5.3 Flash quality within a year, given current hardware constraints like 16GB RAM and 8GB VRAM.
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