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

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

Rig A

AWS · cloud-model

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Rig B

Apple · mac

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Spec	AWS Trainium2	Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch, M4 Max (2024)
Bf16 Tflops PER Chip	667	—
Chip	—	Apple M4 Max
Chips PER Trn2 Instance	16	—
Chips PER Ultraserver	64	—
CPU Cores Options	—	14, 16
CPU Efficiency Cores	—	4
CPU Perf Cores 14core	—	10
CPU Perf Cores 16core	—	12
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
FP8 Dense Petaflops PER Chip	1.3	—
FP8 Sparse Petaflops PER Chip	5.2	—
GPU Cores Options	—	32, 40
HBM Bandwidth TB S PER Chip	2.9	—
HBM Capacity GB PER Chip	96	—
HBM Type	HBM3	—
Memory Bandwidth GB S 14core	—	410
Memory Bandwidth GB S 16core	—	546
MSRP (USD)↓ better	—	3,499
Neural Engine Cores	—	16
Neuroncores PER Chip	8	—
SSD TB Options	—	1, 2, 4, 8
Successor	—	MacBook Pro with M5 Pro / M5 Max
Successor 16in M5 MAX Price USD	—	3,899
Successor 16in M5 PRO Price USD	—	2,699
Successor M5 MAX Bandwidth GB S	—	614
Successor M5 MAX Memory MAX GB	—	128
Superseded ON	—	2026-03-03
Trainium3 GA	2025-12-02	—
Trainium3 HBM Bandwidth TB S	4.9	—
Trainium3 Hbm3e GB PER Chip	144	—
Trn2 Instance FP8 Petaflops	20.8	—
Trn2 Instance HBM TB	1.5	—
Trn3 Ultraserver FP8 Pflops	362	—
Trn3 Ultraserver MAX Chips	144	—
Ultraserver FP8 Petaflops	83.2	—
Ultraserver Total HBM Bandwidth TB S	185	—
Ultraserver Total HBM TB	6	—
Unified Memory GB Options	—	36, 48, 64, 128