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Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell

For running models locally, priced in Germany. At 64k context the first runs 77 models fully in memory, the second 58.

In short

The Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB has more memory for models: 128 GB against 32 GB. At 64k context the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB runs 77 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 58; only the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB holds Qwen 3.8 Flash Next. On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is about 1.6× as fast as the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB (estimated, median across models). In Germany the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB costs 9.000 € at eBay and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 5.696 € at eBay: the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is 3.304 € cheaper.

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

Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB

9.000 €

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NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell

5.696 €

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Specifications

SpecMac Studio M4 Max 128GBNVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell
ChipApple M4 Max (40-core GPU)–
Memory bus512-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth546 GB/s896 GB/s
FP16 compute16.16 TFLOPS54.94 TFLOPS
SoftwareMetalCUDA
Unified memory128 GB–
GPU can use by default96 GB–
GPU can use, tuned120 GB–
Operating systemmacos–
ProcessorM4 Max 16-core–
Storage1000 GB–
GPU–RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell
Memory–32 GB GDDR7
Board power–200 W
PCIe generation–Gen 5
PCIe lanes–x16

What each runs

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

ModelMac Studio M4 Max 128GBNVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next7tok/sUD-Q3_K_XLwon't run
Qwen 3.8 27B11tok/sQ8_020tok/sQ6_K
MiniMax M2.711tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLwon't run
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B24tok/sQ5_K_Moffload
Qwen 3.6 27B11tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ6_K
gpt-oss 120B38tok/sMXFP4won't run
Qwen3 Coder Next37tok/sQ8_0offload
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B21tok/sQ5_K_Moffload
Gemma 4 31B9tok/sQ8_018tok/sQ6_K
Mistral Small 4 119B29tok/sUD-Q6_Koffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B48tok/sQ8_084tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 27B11tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ6_K
Gemma 4 26B-A4B37tok/sQ8_058tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.5 Air9tok/sQ5_K_Moffload
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B48tok/sQ8_087tok/sQ6_K
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B44tok/sQ8_0offload
GLM 4.7 Flash24tok/sQ8_044tok/sQ6_K
Devstral Small 2 24B10tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ6_K
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B56tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL100tok/sUD-Q5_K_M
Kimi Linear 48B-A3B57tok/sQ8_0139tok/sQ4_K_M
gpt-oss 20B53tok/sMXFP483tok/sMXFP4
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B22tok/sQ8_037tok/sQ6_K
Qwen3 32B7tok/sQ8_0offload
Gemma 4 12B25tok/sQ8_040tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B30tok/sQ8_047tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 3 27B10tok/sQ8_020tok/sQ6_K
Mistral Small 3.2 24B10tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ6_K
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B7tok/sQ8_0offload
Llama 3.3 70B4tok/sQ8_0won't run
Ministral 3 14B14tok/sQ8_022tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B13tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B19tok/sQ8_030tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B19tok/sQ8_030tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B12tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B53tok/sQ8_083tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B20tok/sQ8_031tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B18tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B35tok/sQ8_055tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B50tok/sQ8_078tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B23tok/sQ6_K37tok/sQ6_K
Qwen2.5 0.5B266tok/sQ8_0416tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B217tok/sQ8_0340tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B157tok/sQ5_K_M246tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B94tok/sQ8_0147tok/sQ8_0
MiniCPM5 2B65tok/sQ8_0101tok/sQ8_0
Spark X2.5 4B64tok/smlx-4bit101tok/smlx-4bit
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking58tok/sQ8_092tok/sQ8_0
FrogNano 4B 260952tok/sQ8_082tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 2.6B51tok/sQ8_081tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B51tok/sQ8_081tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B Thinking 250641tok/sQ8_065tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B40tok/smlx-8bit63tok/smlx-8bit
granite vision 4.1 4b40tok/sQ8_062tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b38tok/sQ8_060tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 3B Instruct 251233tok/sQ8_052tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4 9B 041433tok/smlx-5bit51tok/smlx-5bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B30tok/sQ8_047tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 24B A2B28tok/sQ8_045tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash28tok/sQ8_044tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking25tok/smlx-8bit38tok/smlx-8bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B21tok/sQ8_032tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 251220tok/sQ8_031tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 14B Reasoning 251214tok/sQ8_022tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATED14tok/smlx-4bit22tok/smlx-4bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B12tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ8_0
Muse Glimmer 30B11tok/sQ8_023tok/sQ6_K
GLM 4.5V10tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
Devstral Small 250710tok/sQ8_020tok/sQ5_K_M
Magistral Small 250610tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ6_K
Magistral Small 250710tok/sQ8_020tok/sQ5_K_M
Magistral Small 250910tok/sQ8_020tok/sQ5_K_M
GLM 4.6V10tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
granite 4.2 30b7tok/sQ8_0offload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B4tok/sQ8_0won't run
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 25124tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
Kimi Dev 72B4tok/sQ8_0won't run
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B4tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon't runwon't run
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 0528won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Zerowon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3 0324won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminuswon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.2won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Expwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5won't runwon't run
GLM 4.6won't runwon't run
GLM 4.7won't runwon't run
GLM 5won't runwon't run
GLM 5.1won't runwon't run
GLM 5.2won't runwon't run
GLM 5.3won't runwon't run
Kimi K2won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Instruct 0905won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Thinkingwon't runwon't run
Kimi K2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.1won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M3won't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB or the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell?
Choose the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB to run bigger models. Choose the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell for speed. Choose the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB or the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell?
At 64k context the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB runs 77 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 58; only the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB holds Qwen 3.8 Flash Next.
Which is faster for local AI, the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB or the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell?
On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is about 1.6× as fast as the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell?
In Germany the Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB costs 9.000 € at eBay and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 5.696 € at eBay: the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is 3.304 € cheaper.

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