Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB vs Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB

For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 8k context the first runs 74 models fully in memory, the second 64.

In short

The Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB has more memory for models: 128 GB against 64 GB. At 8k context the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB runs 74 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB 64; only the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB holds DeepSeek V4 Flash. On the models both run fully in memory, the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB is about 2.5× as fast as the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB (estimated, median across models). In the UK the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB costs £3,634 at eBay and the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB £3,399 at eBay: the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB is £235 cheaper.

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

Specifications

SpecBeelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GBMac Studio M4 Max 64GB
ChipRyzen AI Max+ 395 (Radeon 8060S)Apple M4 Max (40-core GPU)
Memory bus256-bit512-bit
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s546 GB/s
FP16 compute59.4 TFLOPS16.16 TFLOPS
SoftwareROCmMetal
Unified memory128 GB64 GB
GPU can use by default96 GB48 GB
GPU can use, tuned120 GB56 GB
Operating systemwindowsmacos
ProcessorRyzen AI Max+ 395M4 Max 16-core
Storage2000 GB1000 GB

What each runs

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

ModelBeelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GBMac Studio M4 Max 64GB
DeepSeek V4 Flash11tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next3tok/sUD-Q3_K_XLwon't run
MiniMax M2.715tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLwon't run
Qwen 3.8 27B5tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B10tok/sQ6_K58tok/sUD-Q2_K_XL
Qwen 3.6 27B5tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ8_0
gpt-oss 120B25tok/sMXFP4won't run
Qwen3 Coder Next19tok/sQ8_081tok/sQ4_K_M
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B9tok/sQ5_K_Mwon't run
Gemma 4 31B4tok/sQ8_010tok/sQ8_0
Mistral Small 4 119B14tok/sUD-Q6_K83tok/sUD-Q2_K_XL
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B26tok/sQ8_064tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 27B5tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 26B-A4B19tok/sQ8_047tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.5 Air5tok/sQ6_K25tok/sQ2_K
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B26tok/sQ8_064tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B25tok/sQ8_0103tok/sQ4_K_M
GLM 4.7 Flash15tok/sQ8_037tok/sQ8_0
Devstral Small 2 24B5tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B25tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL62tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL
gpt-oss 20B32tok/sMXFP481tok/sMXFP4
Kimi Linear 48B-A3B26tok/sQ8_083tok/sQ6_K
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B21tok/sQ8_053tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 32B4tok/sQ8_010tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 12B11tok/sQ8_027tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B14tok/sQ8_036tok/sQ8_0
Mistral Small 3.2 24B5tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 3 27B5tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B4tok/sQ8_010tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.3 70B2tok/sQ8_08tok/sQ4_K_M
Ministral 3 14B9tok/sQ8_023tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B8tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B14tok/sQ8_036tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B14tok/sQ8_036tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B8tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B29tok/sQ8_074tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B14tok/sQ8_035tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B13tok/sQ8_033tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B17tok/sQ8_042tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B58tok/sQ8_0145tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B18tok/sQ6_K46tok/sQ6_K
Qwen2.5 0.5B223tok/sQ8_0562tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B151tok/sQ8_0381tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B91tok/sQ5_K_M228tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B66tok/sQ8_0167tok/sQ8_0
MiniCPM5 2B46tok/sQ8_0117tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 2.6B42tok/sQ8_0105tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B42tok/sQ8_0105tok/sQ8_0
Spark X2.5 4B41tok/smlx-4bit104tok/smlx-4bit
granite vision 4.1 4b33tok/sQ8_083tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b31tok/sQ8_078tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 24B A2B30tok/sQ8_076tok/sQ8_0
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking30tok/sQ8_076tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B Thinking 250625tok/sQ8_063tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B24tok/smlx-8bit61tok/smlx-8bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B16tok/sQ8_041tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4 9B 041416tok/smlx-5bit41tok/smlx-5bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B15tok/sQ8_037tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 251214tok/sQ8_035tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash14tok/sQ8_034tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking12tok/smlx-8bit29tok/smlx-8bit
GLM 4.5V9tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B8tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V8tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATED7tok/smlx-4bit17tok/smlx-4bit
Devstral Small 25075tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Magistral Small 25065tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Magistral Small 25075tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Magistral Small 25095tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 30b4tok/sQ8_011tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B2tok/sQ8_08tok/sQ4_K_M
Kimi Dev 72B2tok/sQ8_0won't run
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 25122tok/sQ5_K_Mwon't run
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B2tok/sQ5_K_Mwon'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 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 4.6won't runwon't run
GLM 4.7won'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 Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB or the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB?
Choose the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB to run bigger models. Choose the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB for speed. Choose the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB or the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB?
At 8k context the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB runs 74 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB 64; only the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB holds DeepSeek V4 Flash.
Which is faster for local AI, the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB or the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB?
On the models both run fully in memory, the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB is about 2.5× as fast as the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB and the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB?
In the UK the Beelink GTR9 Pro Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB costs £3,634 at eBay and the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB £3,399 at eBay: the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB is £235 cheaper.

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