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RTX 5090 vs Mac Studio M3 Ultra

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Local AI Hardware · verified 13 Aug 2026

RTX 5090NVIDIAcurrent
Mac Studio M3 UltraApplecurrent
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SpecificationRTX 5090Mac Studio M3 Ultra
SummaryBest consumer GPU for LLMs.Fastest tokens per second in its bracket.
Memory32GB GDDR7up to 512GB
Bandwidth1,792 GB/s546–819 GB/s
Price$2–3K$3–6K
70B tok/s20–30
CategoryLocal AI HardwareLocal AI Hardware
OfficialNVIDIAApple

Highlighted rows are where these differ.

RTX 5090

  • 32GB GDDR7
  • NVLink removed — two cards give ~1.4×, not 2×

Best for CUDA work.

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Mac Studio M3 Ultra

  • 546–819 GB/s bandwidth
  • M5 Ultra expected mid-2026 at 1,200+ GB/s

Best for speed and silence.

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