Apple M4 Max (64GB) vs NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

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 16 GB VRAM546 GB/s vs 672 GB/s$2,899 vs $999
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Apple M4 Max (64GB)

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

NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

VRAM
16 GB
Bandwidth
672 GB/s
Street price
$999
Vendor
nvidia

The short answer

Apple M4 Max (64GB) can run 17 models that NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER can't fit in VRAM — mostly the larger models. For the 23 models both can handle, speeds are similar. If you want headroom for bigger models, Apple M4 Max (64GB) is the clear choice.

17 models A runs, B can't
23 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)NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPERWinner
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 · FP1667 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
14.8B · deepseek
15 tok/s · FP1646 tok/s · Q6_KB (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 · FP1659 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
gemma-2-27b
27.2B · gemma
8 tok/s · FP16Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
25 tok/s · FP1662 tok/s · Q8_0B (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 · FP1638 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Codestral 22B
22.2B · mistral
10 tok/s · FP1643 tok/s · Q4_K_MB (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 · FP1671 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Phi-4 14B
14B · phi
14 tok/s · FP1644 tok/s · Q6_KB (faster)
Qwen 2.5 1.5B
1.5B · qwen
133 tok/s · FP16164 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen 2.5 3B
3.1B · qwen
69 tok/s · FP1685 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen3.5-4B
4.7B · qwen
47 tok/s · FP1658 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
30 tok/s · FP1671 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen 2.5 7B
7.6B · qwen
30 tok/s · FP1671 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
25 tok/s · FP1662 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen3.5-9B
9.7B · qwen
23 tok/s · FP1656 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 · FP16200 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_0Too largeA (only)
Qwen 3 8B
8B · qwen
25 tok/s · FP1662 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen 3 32B
32B · qwen
13 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Llama 3.1 8B Compact
8B · llama
25 tok/s · FP1662 tok/s · Q8_0B (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 · FP1643 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 · FP1671 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
235B · qwen
Too largeToo large
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507
30B · qwen
16 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
4B · qwen
59 tok/s · FP1673 tok/s · FP16B (faster)
gemma-4-E4B-it
8B · gemma
30 tok/s · FP1673 tok/s · Q8_0B (faster)
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it
26.5B · gemma
18 tok/s · Q8_039 tok/s · Q4_K_MB (faster)
gemma-4-31B-it
32.7B · gemma
15 tok/s · Q8_0Too largeA (only)

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