GPU comparison
MacBook Air/Pro M5 (16GB) 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 34 tracked models each one can run.
| MacBook Air/Pro M5 (16GB) | NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell (96GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | 16.0 GB | 96.0 GB |
| Bandwidth | 153 GB/s | 1792 GB/s |
| Price (approx) | $1,099 | $12,999 |
| LLMs it runs | 13 of 34 | 30 of 34 |
| Best model it runs | Devstral Small 2 24B · 10–15 tok/s | Gemma 4 31B · 20–30 tok/s |
The NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell (96GB) runs 17 more of the tracked models (30 vs 13), 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.