AMD RX 7900 XT vs Apple M4 Max (64GB)

How these GPUs compare for running local LLMs — VRAM, bandwidth, price, and per-model fit across popular open-weights models.

54 models compared20 GB vs 64 GB VRAM800 GB/s vs 546 GB/s$679 vs $2,899
GPU A

AMD RX 7900 XT

VRAM
20 GB
Bandwidth
800 GB/s
Street price
$679
Vendor
amd
GPU BRuns more models

Apple M4 Max (64GB)

VRAM
64 GB
Bandwidth
546 GB/s
Street price
$2,899
Vendor
apple

The short answer

Apple M4 Max (64GB) can run 13 models that AMD RX 7900 XT can't fit in VRAM — mostly the larger models. For the 27 models both can handle, speeds are similar. If you want headroom for bigger models, Apple M4 Max (64GB) is the clear choice.

13 models B runs, A can't
27 models A is 20%+ faster
0 equal (both run, <20% diff)
14 too large for either

Model-by-model fit

Click any row for the full breakdown. Tie% shown in the Winner column when both GPUs run the model within 20% of each other.

ModelAMD RX 7900 XTApple M4 Max (64GB)Winner
c4ai-command-r-v01 35B
35B · command
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Command-R+ 104B
104B · command
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
8B · deepseek
41 tok/s · FP1628 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
14.8B · deepseek
44 tok/s · Q8_015 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
70.6B · deepseek
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
DeepSeek R1 671B
671B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek-V3 685B
685B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek-V3.2 685.4B
685.4B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
gemma-2-9b
9.2B · gemma
36 tok/s · FP1625 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
gemma-2-27b
27.2B · gemma
43 tok/s · Q4_K_M8 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
37 tok/s · FP1625 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
CodeLlama 34B
34B · llama
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
CodeLlama 34B
34B · llama
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Llama 3.3 70B
70.6B · llama
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
Llama 3.1 70B
70.6B · llama
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
Llama 4 Scout 17B
109B · llama
Too largeToo large
Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E
400B · llama
Too largeToo large
Llama 3.1 405B
405B · llama
Too largeToo large
Mistral 7B v0.1
7.25B · mistral
45 tok/s · FP1631 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Codestral 22B
22.2B · mistral
36 tok/s · Q6_K10 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
47B · mixtral
Too large9 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Mistral Large 2 123B
123B · mistral
Too largeToo large
Phi-4-mini 3.8B
3.8B · phi
84 tok/s · FP1657 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Phi-4 14B
14B · phi
42 tok/s · Q8_014 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 2.5 1.5B
1.5B · qwen
195 tok/s · FP16133 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 2.5 3B
3.1B · qwen
102 tok/s · FP1669 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen3.5-4B
4.7B · qwen
69 tok/s · FP1647 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
43 tok/s · FP1630 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
43 tok/s · FP1630 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
37 tok/s · FP1625 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen3.5-9B
9.7B · qwen
67 tok/s · Q8_023 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
36B · qwen
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Qwen 2.5 72B
72.7B · qwen
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
Qwen 2.5 72B
72.7B · qwen
Too large8 tok/s · Q6_KB (only)
Llama 3.2 1B
1.24B · llama
238 tok/s · FP16163 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Llama 4 Scout 17B
109B · llama
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek R1 671B
671B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
Gemma 3 27B
27B · gemma
39 tok/s · Q4_K_M15 tok/s · Q8_0A (faster)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
37 tok/s · FP1625 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
Too large13 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
37 tok/s · FP1625 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
47B · mixtral
Too large9 tok/s · Q8_0B (only)
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
24B · mistral
52 tok/s · Q4_K_M10 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Command A 111B
111B · command
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek R1 0528
685B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek-V3-0324
684.5B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B
8.2B · qwen
42 tok/s · FP1629 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
235B · qwen
Too largeToo large
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507
30B · qwen
41 tok/s · Q4_K_M16 tok/s · Q8_0A (faster)
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
4B · qwen
87 tok/s · FP1659 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
gemma-4-E4B-it
8B · gemma
44 tok/s · FP1630 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
26.5B · gemma
47 tok/s · Q4_K_M18 tok/s · Q8_0A (faster)
gemma-4-31B-it
32.7B · gemma
38 tok/s · Q4_K_M15 tok/s · Q8_0A (faster)

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