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Apple Mac Studio (M4 Ultra) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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 Ultra)

The ultimate local LLM server. With massive unified memory, it effortlessly hosts 70B+ parameter models at lightning speeds with unbeatable thermal efficiency.

VRAM: 128GB
TDP: 200W
Bandwidth: 820GB/s
AI Throughput: 220TOPS

Est. Price$3,999.99

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GPU — NVIDIA

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

The legendary used-market GOAT. 24GB VRAM at a fraction of the cost of 4090/5090. Still handles 70B models with ease.

VRAM: 24GB
TDP: 350W
Bandwidth: 936GB/s
AI Throughput: 285TOPS

Est. Price$749.99

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Full Specification Matrix

Metric	Apple Mac Studio (M4 Ultra)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
VRAM	128GB	24GB
Memory Bandwidth	820 GB/s	936 GB/s
AI Throughput (TOPS)	220	285
TDP (Power Draw)	200W	350W
Est. Price	$3,999.99	$749.99

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