Local AI by Region
Local AI in South Korea
South Korea · KR · KRW · Strong new, limited used
Hardware pricing in South Korea
Used 3090s ~KRW 1,000,000. 4090s ~KRW 2,500,000. Mac Studios available.
Our note on this market reads: Strong new, limited used. A thin used market removes the cheapest route into 24GB, so the realistic choice is a new mid-range card or a unified-memory machine, bought on availability rather than on price per gigabyte.
| GPU | Used 2026 | New 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3090 (24GB) | ~KRW 9,10,000 | Rare new |
| RTX 4090 (24GB) | ~KRW 20,80,000 | ~KRW 26,00,000 |
| Mac Studio M4 Max (36GB) | — | ~KRW 31,20,000 |
Converted from US dollar reference prices at approximate mid-2026 rates (KRW 1300 to the dollar), then cross-checked against the local note above. Import duty, VAT and shipping are not included and are the largest source of error in several markets. Mac Studios typically have a single uniform global price.
Models trained for South Korea
The catalogue records 2 models with training or evaluation specific to South Korea or its languages. These are the entries worth trying before falling back to a general multilingual model:
- Polyglot-Ko
- EEVE
Recommended setup for South Korea
For most users in South Korea, we recommend starting with a used RTX 3090 (24GB) at KRW 9,10,000, or a Mac Studio with M4 Max (36GB) at KRW 31,20,000 new. The full reasoning is in the hardware requirements guide and the RTX 3090 value writeup.