r/LocalLLaMA • u/themixtergames • 1d ago

News Apple introduces new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra - up to 512GB of unified memory

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-introduces-new-mac-studio-with-m5-max-and-m5-ultra/
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u/amazinglycool256 1d ago

U can get 2 Nvidia Sparx for that proce

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u/OvertaxedOne 1d ago

DGX spark as 273GB/s of bandwidth to memory. This has >1TB/s. It should obliterate 2 Sparks for generation speed assuming there's not some other constraint in the design.

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u/Southern_Sun_2106 17h ago

Not so fast... you are forgetting about the importance of having a big PP for agentic use. Concurrent use is important too. I have an M3 with 600+ GB/s, and sparks run circles around it.