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GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

For running models locally, priced in Canada. At 32k context the first runs 52 models fully in memory, the second 34.

In short

The GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB has more memory for models: 128 GB against 24 GB. At 32k context the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB runs 52 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 34; only the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB holds DeepSeek V4 Flash. On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is about 4.4× as fast as the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB (estimated, median across models). In Canada the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB costs $5,099 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti $3,999 at Amazon: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is $1,100 cheaper.

Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.

GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB

$5,099

Amazon

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

$3,999

Amazon

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Specifications

SpecGMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
ChipRyzen AI Max+ 395 (Radeon 8060S)–
Memory bus256-bit384-bit
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s1,008 GB/s
FP16 compute59.4 TFLOPS80 TFLOPS
SoftwareROCmCUDA
Unified memory128 GB–
GPU can use by default96 GB–
GPU can use, tuned120 GB–
Operating systemwindows–
ProcessorRyzen AI Max+ 395–
Storage2000 GB–
GPU–GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Memory–24 GB GDDR6X
Board power–450 W
PCIe generation–Gen 4
PCIe lanes–x16

What each runs

Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.

ModelGMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
DeepSeek V4 Flash9tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next3tok/sUD-Q3_K_XLwon't run
MiniMax M2.77tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLwon't run
Qwen 3.8 27B5tok/sQ8_027tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B9tok/sQ6_Koffload
Qwen 3.6 27B5tok/sQ8_029tok/sQ5_K_M
gpt-oss 120B20tok/sMXFP4won't run
Qwen3 Coder Next17tok/sQ8_0offload
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B9tok/sQ5_K_Mwon't run
Gemma 4 31B4tok/sQ8_029tok/sQ4_K_M
Mistral Small 4 119B13tok/sUD-Q6_Koffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B22tok/sQ8_0145tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen 3.5 27B5tok/sQ8_029tok/sQ5_K_M
Gemma 4 26B-A4B17tok/sQ8_084tok/sUD-Q6_K
GLM 4.5 Air4tok/sQ5_K_Moffload
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B22tok/sQ8_0146tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B21tok/sQ8_0offload
GLM 4.7 Flash12tok/sQ8_070tok/sQ5_K_M
Devstral Small 2 24B5tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ5_K_M
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B24tok/sUD-Q6_K_XLoffload
gpt-oss 20B26tok/sMXFP4116tok/sMXFP4
Kimi Linear 48B-A3B24tok/sQ8_0offload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B13tok/sQ8_074tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen3 32B3tok/sQ8_0offload
Gemma 4 12B10tok/sQ8_046tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B13tok/sQ8_059tok/sQ8_0
Mistral Small 3.2 24B5tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ5_K_M
Gemma 3 27B4tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B3tok/sQ8_0offload
Llama 3.3 70B2tok/sQ8_0won't run
Ministral 3 14B7tok/sQ8_032tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B7tok/sQ8_030tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B10tok/sQ8_046tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B10tok/sQ8_046tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B6tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B25tok/sQ8_0112tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B10tok/sQ8_046tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B10tok/sQ8_043tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B15tok/sQ8_068tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B32tok/sQ8_0140tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B13tok/sQ6_K57tok/sQ6_K
Qwen3.5 0.8B114tok/sQ8_0507tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B83tok/sQ4_K_M369tok/sQ4_K_M
LFM2.5 2.6B29tok/sQ8_0128tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B29tok/sQ8_0128tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b21tok/sQ8_095tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 24B A2B18tok/sQ8_084tok/sQ6_K
GLM 4.6V Flash12tok/sQ8_055tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 251210tok/sQ8_046tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.5V6tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
GLM 4.6V5tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
granite 4.2 30b4tok/sQ8_0offload
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Expwon't runwon't run
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 2512won't runwon't run
GLM 5.3won't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti?
Choose the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB to run bigger models. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti for speed. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti?
At 32k context the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB runs 52 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 34; only the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB holds DeepSeek V4 Flash.
Which is faster for local AI, the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti?
On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is about 4.4× as fast as the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti?
In Canada the GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB costs $5,099 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti $3,999 at Amazon: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is $1,100 cheaper.

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