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

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

54 models compared64 GB vs 20 GB VRAM546 GB/s vs 800 GB/s$2,899 vs $679
GPU ARuns more models

Apple M4 Max (64GB)

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

AMD RX 7900 XT

VRAM
20 GB
Bandwidth
800 GB/s
Street price
$679
Vendor
amd

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 A runs, B can't
27 models B 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.

ModelApple M4 Max (64GB)AMD RX 7900 XTWinner
c4ai-command-r-v01 35B
35B · command
13 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Command-R+ 104B
104B · command
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
8B · deepseek
28 tok/s · FP1641 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
14.8B · deepseek
15 tok/s · FP1644 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
70.6B · deepseek
8 tok/s · Q6_KToo 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
25 tok/s · FP1636 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
gemma-2-27b
27.2B · gemma
8 tok/s · FP1643 tok/s · Q4_K_MB (faster)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
25 tok/s · FP1637 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
CodeLlama 34B
34B · llama
13 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
CodeLlama 34B
34B · llama
13 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.3 70B
70.6B · llama
8 tok/s · Q6_KToo largeA (only)
Llama 3.1 70B
70.6B · llama
8 tok/s · Q6_KToo largeA (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
31 tok/s · FP1645 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Codestral 22B
22.2B · mistral
10 tok/s · FP1636 tok/s · Q6_KB (faster)
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
47B · mixtral
9 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Mistral Large 2 123B
123B · mistral
Too largeToo large
Phi-4-mini 3.8B
3.8B · phi
57 tok/s · FP1684 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Phi-4 14B
14B · phi
14 tok/s · FP1642 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen 2.5 1.5B
1.5B · qwen
133 tok/s · FP16195 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen 2.5 3B
3.1B · qwen
69 tok/s · FP16102 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen3.5-4B
4.7B · qwen
47 tok/s · FP1669 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
30 tok/s · FP1643 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
30 tok/s · FP1643 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
25 tok/s · FP1637 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen3.5-9B
9.7B · qwen
23 tok/s · FP1667 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
13 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
36B · qwen
13 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Qwen 2.5 72B
72.7B · qwen
8 tok/s · Q6_KToo largeA (only)
Qwen 2.5 72B
72.7B · qwen
8 tok/s · Q6_KToo largeA (only)
Llama 3.2 1B
1.24B · llama
163 tok/s · FP16238 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Llama 4 Scout 17B
109B · llama
Too largeToo large
DeepSeek R1 671B
671B · deepseek
Too largeToo large
Gemma 3 27B
27B · gemma
15 tok/s · Q8_039 tok/s · Q4_K_MB (faster)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
25 tok/s · FP1637 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
13 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
25 tok/s · FP1637 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1
47B · mixtral
9 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
24B · mistral
10 tok/s · FP1652 tok/s · Q4_K_MB (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
29 tok/s · FP1642 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
235B · qwen
Too largeToo large
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507
30B · qwen
16 tok/s · Q8_041 tok/s · Q4_K_MB (faster)
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
4B · qwen
59 tok/s · FP1687 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
gemma-4-E4B-it
8B · gemma
30 tok/s · FP1644 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
26.5B · gemma
18 tok/s · Q8_047 tok/s · Q4_K_MB (faster)
gemma-4-31B-it
32.7B · gemma
15 tok/s · Q8_038 tok/s · Q4_K_MB (faster)

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