If your workload is latency-insensitive and context-hungry, the M3 Ultra beats a 5090 on total throughput simply because it doesn't page. For agents that chew through large codebases overnight, this is the play.
Apple · mac
Verified 1mo ago
Apple Mac Studio (M3 Ultra)
Up to 512 GB unified memory. Patient, capacious, cool.
The contrarian pick for 100B+ local models. Slow first-token, monstrous context, no thermal drama.
Specs
- vram gb
- 512
- compute
- M3 Ultra
- tdp watts
- 295
- bandwidth gbps
- 800
- cooling
- Passive-assisted
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