Apple M2 Ultra (192GB) vs NVIDIA RTX 4060

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

54 models compared192 GB vs 8 GB VRAM800 GB/s vs 272 GB/s$5,499 vs $479
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Apple M2 Ultra (192GB)

VRAM
192 GB
Bandwidth
800 GB/s
Street price
$5,499
Vendor
apple
GPU B

NVIDIA RTX 4060

VRAM
8 GB
Bandwidth
272 GB/s
Street price
$479
Vendor
nvidia

The short answer

Apple M2 Ultra (192GB) can run 28 models that NVIDIA RTX 4060 can't fit in VRAM — mostly the larger models. For the 18 models both can handle, speeds are similar. If you want headroom for bigger models, Apple M2 Ultra (192GB) is the clear choice.

28 models A runs, B can't
11 models A is 20%+ faster
7 equal (both run, <20% diff)
8 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.

ModelApple M2 Ultra (192GB)NVIDIA RTX 4060Winner
c4ai-command-r-v01 35B
35B · command
10 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Command-R+ 104B
104B · command
6 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
8B · deepseek
41 tok/s · FP1633 tok/s · Q6_KA (faster)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
14.8B · deepseek
23 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
70.6B · deepseek
5 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (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 · FP1641 tok/s · Q4_K_M≈tie B +14%
gemma-2-27b
27.2B · gemma
12 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
37 tok/s · FP1631 tok/s · Q6_K≈tie A +19%
CodeLlama 34B
34B · llama
10 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
CodeLlama 34B
34B · llama
10 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.3 70B
70.6B · llama
5 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.1 70B
70.6B · llama
5 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Llama 4 Scout 17B
109B · llama
5 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
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 · FP1636 tok/s · Q6_KA (faster)
Codestral 22B
22.2B · mistral
15 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
47B · mixtral
6 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Mistral Large 2 123B
123B · mistral
5 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Phi-4-mini 3.8B
3.8B · phi
84 tok/s · FP1654 tok/s · Q8_0A (faster)
Phi-4 14B
14B · phi
21 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Qwen 2.5 1.5B
1.5B · qwen
195 tok/s · FP1666 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 2.5 3B
3.1B · qwen
102 tok/s · FP1635 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen3.5-4B
4.7B · qwen
69 tok/s · FP1645 tok/s · Q8_0A (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
43 tok/s · FP1635 tok/s · Q6_KA (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
43 tok/s · FP1635 tok/s · Q6_KA (faster)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
37 tok/s · FP1631 tok/s · Q6_K≈tie A +19%
Qwen3.5-9B
9.7B · qwen
34 tok/s · FP1639 tok/s · Q4_K_M≈tie B +15%
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
9 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
36B · qwen
9 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Qwen 2.5 72B
72.7B · qwen
5 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Qwen 2.5 72B
72.7B · qwen
5 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.2 1B
1.24B · llama
238 tok/s · FP1681 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Llama 4 Scout 17B
109B · llama
5 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
DeepSeek R1 671B
671B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
Gemma 3 27B
27B · gemma
11 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
37 tok/s · FP1631 tok/s · Q6_K≈tie A +19%
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
9 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
37 tok/s · FP1631 tok/s · Q6_K≈tie A +19%
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
47B · mixtral
6 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
24B · mistral
15 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Command A 111B
111B · command
6 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
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 · FP1636 tok/s · Q6_K≈tie A +17%
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
235B · qwen
5 tok/s · Q4_K_MToo largeA (only)
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507
30B · qwen
23 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
4B · qwen
87 tok/s · FP1659 tok/s · Q8_0A (faster)
gemma-4-E4B-it
8B · gemma
44 tok/s · FP1636 tok/s · Q6_KA (faster)
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
26.5B · gemma
26 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
gemma-4-31B-it
32.7B · gemma
21 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)

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