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GPU comparison

MacBook Pro M4 Pro (48GB) vs NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell (96GB) for local LLMs

How the two stack up for running open-source LLMs locally — memory, bandwidth, price, and how many of the 48 tracked models each one can run.

MacBook Pro M4 Pro (48GB)NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell (96GB)
Memory48.0 GB96.0 GB
Bandwidth273 GB/s1792 GB/s
Price (approx)$2,399$12,999
LLMs it runs36 of 4841 of 48
Best model it runsGemma 4 31B · 11–16 tok/sGemma 4 31B · 20–30 tok/s

The NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell (96GB) runs 5 more of the tracked models (41 vs 36), thanks to its 96.0 GB of memory. The NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell (96GB) has more memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s), so it generates tokens faster at the same model and quant.

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