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Exploring Apple Silicon’s local AI performance with the Mac Studio and M4 Max — M4 Max beats GB10 and Strix Halo in decode throughput, but memory bandwidth isn't everything

ID

9394

Status

summarized

Published

30 Jul 2026, 10:52 PM

Fetched

31 Jul 2026, 10:38 AM

Provider

Tom's Hardware

Category

technology

Original URL

https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/exploring-apple-silicons-local-ai-performance-with-the-mac-studio-and-m4-max-m4-max-beats-gb10-and-strix-halo-in-decode-throughput-but-memory-bandwidth-isnt-everything

Source URL

https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all

Excerpt

Apple Silicon has been a popular choice for local AI exploration thanks to its high memory bandwidth compared to other unified memory platforms. We tested the M4 Max version of Apple's Mac Studio to see whether its 546GB/s of bandwidth makes it the clear winner in local LLM inference.