Side-by-side, with the numbers that matter.

Two rigs, one table. Higher numbers win in cobalt; TDP and price flip.

Rig A

Apple · mac

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Rig B

NVIDIA · gpu

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Spec	Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch, M4 Max (2024)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
MSRP (USD)↓ better	3,499	1,999
AI Tops	—	3,352
Bandwidth GB S	—	1,792
Base Clock GHZ	—	2.01
Boost Clock GHZ	—	2.41
Chip	Apple M4 Max	—
CPU Cores Options	14, 16	—
CPU Efficiency Cores	4	—
CPU Perf Cores 14core	10	—
CPU Perf Cores 16core	12	—
Cuda Cores	—	21,760
Display Brightness Nits HDR Peak	1,600	—
Display PPI	254	—
Display Resolution H	2,234	—
Display Resolution W	3,456	—
Display Size IN	16.2	—
Displayport Count	—	3
Displayport Version	—	2.1b
GPU Cores Options	32, 40	—
Hdmi Count	—	1
Hdmi Version	—	2.1b
Length MM	—	304
Memory Bandwidth GB S 14core	410	—
Memory Bandwidth GB S 16core	546	—
Memory BUS Bits	—	512
Neural Engine Cores	16	—
Nvdec Count	—	2
Nvdec GEN	—	6
Nvenc Count	—	3
Nvenc GEN	—	9
Pcie GEN	—	5
Required PSU Watts	—	1,000
RT Core Tflops	—	318
RT Cores GEN	—	4
Slot Width	—	2
SSD TB Options	1, 2, 4, 8	—
TDP (W)↓ better	—	575
Tensor Cores GEN	—	5
Unified Memory GB Options	36, 48, 64, 128	—
VRAM (GB)	—	32
Vram Type	—	GDDR7
Width MM	—	137