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Apple Mac Studio (M4 Max) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super

Architect's technical teardown: VRAM capacity, memory bandwidth, TDP, and AI throughput — compared head-to-head for local LLM workloads.

★ Recommended for Local AI

System — Apple

Apple Mac Studio (M4 Max)

Apple Silicon powerhouse. M4 Max unified memory architecture enables seamless CPU+GPU memory sharing — ideal for local LLM inference without discrete GPU complexity.

VRAM: 36GB
TDP: 140W
Bandwidth: 410GB/s
AI Throughput: 110TOPS

Est. Price$1,999.99

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GPU — NVIDIA

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super

High value 12GB performer. Excellent efficiency and enough VRAM for 8B models with high-context K-V cache needs.

VRAM: 12GB
TDP: 220W
Bandwidth: 504GB/s
AI Throughput: 568TOPS

Est. Price$609.99

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Full Specification Matrix

Metric	Apple Mac Studio (M4 Max)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super
VRAM	36GB	12GB
Memory Bandwidth	410 GB/s	504 GB/s
AI Throughput (TOPS)	110	568
TDP (Power Draw)	140W	220W
Est. Price	$1,999.99	$609.99

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