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GPU comparison

MacBook Pro M5 Pro (24GB) vs NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti (16GB) for local LLMs

How the two stack up for running open-source LLMs locally — memory, bandwidth, price, and how many of the 64 tracked models each one can run.

MacBook Pro M5 Pro (24GB)NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti (16GB)
Memory24.0 GB16.0 GB
Bandwidth307 GB/s288 GB/s
Price (approx)$2,199$449
LLMs it runs45 of 6445 of 64
Best model it runsQwen3.8 27B · 14–21 tok/sQwen3.8 27B · 18–27 tok/s

Both run the same number of models, but the MacBook Pro M5 Pro (24GB) has more memory (24.0 GB), so it can hold larger models at higher quality. The MacBook Pro M5 Pro (24GB) has more memory bandwidth (307 GB/s), so it generates tokens faster at the same model and quant.

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