Apple M2 Ultra (192GB) vs NVIDIA RTX 4070

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 12 GB VRAM800 GB/s vs 504 GB/s$5,499 vs $655
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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 4070

VRAM
12 GB
Bandwidth
504 GB/s
Street price
$655
Vendor
nvidia

The short answer

Apple M2 Ultra (192GB) can run 26 models that NVIDIA RTX 4070 can't fit in VRAM — mostly the larger models. For the 20 models both can handle, speeds are similar. If you want headroom for bigger models, Apple M2 Ultra (192GB) is the clear choice.

26 models A runs, B can't
6 models A is 20%+ faster
14 models B is 20%+ faster
0 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 4070Winner
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 · FP1650 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
14.8B · deepseek
23 tok/s · FP1649 tok/s · Q4_K_MB (faster)
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 · FP1644 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
gemma-2-27b
27.2B · gemma
12 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
37 tok/s · FP1647 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
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 · FP1655 tok/s · Q8_0B (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 · FP1653 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Phi-4 14B
14B · phi
21 tok/s · FP1639 tok/s · Q5_K_MB (faster)
Qwen 2.5 1.5B
1.5B · qwen
195 tok/s · FP16123 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 2.5 3B
3.1B · qwen
102 tok/s · FP1664 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen3.5-4B
4.7B · qwen
69 tok/s · FP1643 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
43 tok/s · FP1653 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
43 tok/s · FP1653 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
37 tok/s · FP1647 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen3.5-9B
9.7B · qwen
34 tok/s · FP1642 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
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 · FP16150 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 · FP1647 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
9 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
37 tok/s · FP1647 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
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 · FP1653 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
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 · FP1655 tok/s · FP16A (faster)
gemma-4-E4B-it
8B · gemma
44 tok/s · FP1655 tok/s · Q8_0B (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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