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Mac Studio M5 Max 128GB vs M5 Ultra 96GB: Which for Local AI?

Mac Studio M5 Max 128GB vs M5 Ultra 96GB for local AI: Ultra for speed at 27B and under, Max for 122B-class MoE. Measured and estimated numbers kept apart.

Mac StudioMac Studio M5M5 MaxM5 UltraMac Studio 128GBMac Studio 96GBlocal LLMlocal AIMLXQwenDGX SparkMac Studio for AI

DGX Spark Tested: 128GB Boxes vs Mac mini M6 (as of Sept 2026)

We rented a DGX Spark and ran the same models as a Mac mini M6 32GB. One user: Mac mini (64 vs 40 tokens/s). 16 users: DGX Spark (319 vs 166). As of 2026-09.

DGX SparkDGX Spark benchmark128GB local AIRyzen AI MaxRTX SparkMac Studio M5 MaxMac mini M6unified memorylocal LLMgpt-oss-120bvLLMconcurrent users