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M4 Max Mac Studio tops rivals in local AI inference speed
Apple's M4 Max Mac Studio achieves 546GB/s memory bandwidth, beating Nvidia's GB10 and AMD's Strix Halo in LLM decode throughput. However, tests show bandwidth alone doesn't guarantee overall performance. The chip excels in local AI tasks but faces trade-offs in other metrics.
Meridian48 take
The M4 Max's raw bandwidth advantage is real, but real-world AI workloads depend on more than just memory speed—Apple's walled garden approach may limit broader adoption.
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Exploring Apple Silicon’s local AI performance with the Mac Studio and M4 Max — M4 Max beats GB10 and Strix Halo in decode throughput, but memory bandwidth isn't everything →
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