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Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB vs AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700

For running models locally, priced in the US. At 64k context the first runs 66 models fully in memory, the second 59.

In short

The Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB has more memory for models: 64 GB against 32 GB. At 64k context the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB runs 66 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 59; only the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB holds Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB and the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 are about as fast as each other (estimated). In the US the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB costs $3,600 at eBay and the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 $2,894 at Amazon: the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 is $706 cheaper.

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

Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB

$3,600

eBay

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AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700

$2,894

Amazon

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Specifications

SpecMac Studio M4 Max 64GBAMD Radeon AI PRO R9700
ChipApple M4 Max (40-core GPU)–
Memory bus512-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth546 GB/s640 GB/s
FP16 compute16.16 TFLOPS191 TFLOPS
SoftwareMetalROCm
Unified memory64 GB–
GPU can use by default48 GB–
GPU can use, tuned56 GB–
Operating systemmacos–
ProcessorM4 Max 16-core–
Storage1000 GB–
GPU–Radeon AI PRO R9700
Memory–32 GB GDDR6
Board power–300 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 64GBAMD Radeon AI PRO R9700
Qwen 3.8 27B11tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B42tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLoffload
Qwen 3.6 27B11tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ6_K
Qwen3 Coder Next53tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
Gemma 4 31B9tok/sQ8_011tok/sQ6_K
Mistral Small 4 119B55tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLoffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B48tok/sQ8_055tok/sUD-Q6_K
Qwen 3.5 27B11tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ6_K
Gemma 4 26B-A4B37tok/sQ8_037tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B61tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B48tok/sQ8_055tok/sQ6_K
GLM 4.7 Flash24tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ6_K
Devstral Small 2 24B10tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ6_K
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B56tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL64tok/sUD-Q5_K_M
Kimi Linear 48B-A3B70tok/sQ6_K88tok/sQ4_K_M
gpt-oss 20B53tok/sMXFP452tok/sMXFP4
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B22tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ6_K
Qwen3 32B8tok/sQ6_Koffload
Gemma 4 12B25tok/sQ8_025tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B30tok/sQ8_030tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 3 27B10tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ6_K
Mistral Small 3.2 24B10tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ6_K
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B8tok/sQ6_Koffload
Ministral 3 14B14tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B13tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B19tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B19tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B12tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B53tok/sQ8_053tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B20tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B18tok/sQ8_018tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B35tok/sQ8_035tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B50tok/sQ8_049tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B23tok/sQ6_K23tok/sQ6_K
Qwen2.5 0.5B266tok/sQ8_0263tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B217tok/sQ8_0215tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B157tok/sQ5_K_M156tok/sQ5_K_M
LFM3 1.7B133tok/sQ8_0132tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B94tok/sQ8_093tok/sQ8_0
MiniCPM5 2B65tok/sQ8_064tok/sQ8_0
Spark X2.5 4B64tok/smlx-4bit64tok/smlx-4bit
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking58tok/sQ8_058tok/sQ8_0
FrogNano 4B 260952tok/sQ8_052tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 2.6B51tok/sQ8_051tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B51tok/sQ8_051tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B Thinking 250641tok/sQ8_041tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B40tok/smlx-8bit40tok/smlx-8bit
granite vision 4.1 4b40tok/sQ8_039tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b38tok/sQ8_038tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 3B Instruct 251233tok/sQ8_033tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4 9B 041433tok/smlx-5bit32tok/smlx-5bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B30tok/sQ8_030tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 24B A2B28tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash28tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking25tok/smlx-8bit24tok/smlx-8bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B21tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 251220tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 14B Reasoning 251214tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATED14tok/smlx-4bit14tok/smlx-4bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B12tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ8_0
Muse Glimmer 30B11tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ6_K
Devstral Small 250710tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ5_K_M
Magistral Small 250610tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ6_K
Magistral Small 250710tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ5_K_M
Magistral Small 250910tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ5_K_M
granite 4.2 30b7tok/sQ8_0offload
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12Bwon't runoffload
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runoffload
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon't runwon't run
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Nextwon't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.7won't runwon't run
gpt-oss 120Bwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 0528won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70Bwon'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
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 2512won't runwon't run
GLM 4.5won't runwon't run
GLM 4.5Vwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.6won't runwon't run
GLM 4.6Vwon'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 Dev 72Bwon'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
Mistral Medium 3.5 128Bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB or the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700?
Choose the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB to run bigger models. Choose the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB or the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700?
At 64k context the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB runs 66 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 59; only the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB holds Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB or the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700?
On the models both run fully in memory, the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB and the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 are about as fast as each other (estimated).
What is the price difference between the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB and the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700?
In the US the Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB costs $3,600 at eBay and the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 $2,894 at Amazon: the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 is $706 cheaper.

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