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Should you buy a Mac Studio or an NVIDIA PC for local AI?
Short answer: NVIDIA if your models fit in 24 to 48GB or you need CUDA; Mac Studio if you want 70B-class and bigger models in one quiet box. Apple's prices read Nov 3, 2026, llama.cpp speeds for the M5 Max, M5 Ultra and RTX 3090, and a buyer-by-buyer table.
Aliteq Team · · 10 min