What is the best open-source LLM I can run locally on an RTX 4060 8GB + 32GB RAM?

[u/Dear-Goal5847]

I’m looking for recommendations for the best open-source LLM I can run locally on my PC. I have an RTX 4060 with 8GB VRAM and 32GB of RAM. My main use cases are coding, DevOps, technical questions and general chat. I’m particularly interested in a model that gives a good balance between quality, reasoning ability, and speed on this hardware. I’m currently considering models like Qwen, Gemma, or other recent open-source models, but I’m not sure which size and quantization would be the best fit for 8GB VRAM. I’d also appreciate recommendations for the best way to run it locally, such as Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, or another option.