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Apple Mac Studio (M4 Max) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

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 4090

The previous generation's king. 24GB VRAM and high CUDA counts remain the industry standard for consumer AI development.

VRAM: 24GB
TDP: 450W
Bandwidth: 1008GB/s
AI Throughput: 1321TOPS

Est. Price$1,799.00

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Full Specification Matrix

Metric	Apple Mac Studio (M4 Max)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
VRAM	36GB	24GB
Memory Bandwidth	410 GB/s	1008 GB/s
AI Throughput (TOPS)	110	1321
TDP (Power Draw)	140W	450W
Est. Price	$1,999.99	$1,799.00

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