The Open-Model Cost Chart Everyone's Sharing Is API Prices. Here's What Self-Hosting Actually Gets You (Measured)

The intelligence-vs-cost chart shows open models winning the value quadrant. True, but the x-axis is API price. The cheap open winners (GLM-5.2 ~744B) don't fit a desktop GPU. Here's what an 11GB and a 24GB card actually run, measured.

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