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M4 Max 128GB

Released 2024-10-30 · Street $4,699
vram
128 GB
unified mem
bandwidth
546
GB/s
models fit
19
top · FP16
power
78 W
low

Spec sheet · top pick

Hardware spec
M4 Max 128GB
Apple · Apple Silicon · M4
vram
128 GB unified
bandwidth
546 GB/s
tdp
78 W
released
2024-10-30
msrp
$4,699
street
~$4,699
★ Sweet spot for this card
gemma 3 27b
FP16 · GGUF · 57.2 GB
bench50.6 · conf A
vram57.2 / 128 GB
speed10 tok/s
Best benchmark per GB of VRAM in your tier. FP16wastes <3% quality vs FP16, leaves headroom for 32k context.
Full model inspect →

Top 10 models on this GPU

#modelquantvramtok/sbench ↓fit
01gemma 3 27bFP1657.2 GB1050.6Great
02Gemma 2 27BFP1657.2 GB1046.2Great
03Qwen2.5 Coder 32BFP1667.7 GB848.8Great
04Gemma 2 9BFP1619.4 GB2835.0Great
05Gemma 3 12BFP1625.7 GB2131.3Great
06deepseek r1 distill llama 70bQ8_074 GB751.7Great
07Qwen3 32BFP1667.7 GB840.0Great
08deepseek r1 distill qwen 32bFP1667.7 GB833.3Great
09Gemma 3 4BFP168.9 GB6115.1Great
10Mixtral 8x22b v0.1Q6_K111.5 GB520.0Ok
Showing 10 of 19 models that fit · see full ranked list →

Upgrade options

★ Best value
+H200 SXM5
141 GB · ~$45,000 · +$40,301 over M4 Max 128GB
Same model set · higher headroom for context / batch
See H200 SXM5
Bigger tier
+M2 Ultra 192GB
192 GB · ~$6,200 · +$1,501 over M4 Max 128GB
Unlocks +1 models not in current rank
See M2 Ultra 192GB
Premium tier
+M3 Ultra 192GB
192 GB · ~$5,599 · +$900 over M4 Max 128GB
Unlocks +1 models not in current rank
See M3 Ultra 192GB

Also compare

H200 SXM5
141 GB · NVIDIA · 858% more
M1 Ultra 128GB
128 GB · Apple unified · 15% cheaper
M2 Ultra 128GB
128 GB · Apple unified · 11% more
M3 Max 128GB
128 GB · Apple unified · 6% more
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