microsoft/Phi-3-medium-4k-instruct
14B params · est. 8.4 GB Q4
Apple M4 Max (40c GPU, 128GB): likely fitNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB: likely fit
Head-to-head
Apple M4 Max (40c GPU, 128GB) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
Compare recorded specifications and inspect source links for both devices. Speed comparisons appear only when workload, runtime version, quantization, context and batch match.
Device profile
Apple M4 Max (40c GPU, 128GB)
70B Q4 full-GPU at ~8-12 tok/s, 32B Q4 at ~25-30 tok/s — the best Mac for large-model inference
Curated Aggregate·2026-05-22128GB / $4.7k
Speed evidence
Matched rows below
VRAM
128 GB
TDP
65 W
Rating
Not scored
Device profile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
8B–32B quantized models with room reserved for runtime and KV cache.
Curated Aggregate·2026-08-1032GB / $2.0k
Speed evidence
Matched rows below
VRAM
32 GB
TDP
575 W
Rating
Not scored
Quick verdict
Speed comparisons require matching runtime settings. A missing score means insufficient comparative evidence.
Apple M4 Max (40c GPU, 128GB) wins VRAM capacity.
Apple M4 Max (40c GPU, 128GB) has the lower published power rating.
| Metric | Apple M4 Max (40c GPU, 128GB) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB |
|---|---|---|
| MyAI rating | Not scored | Not scored |
| Speed comparison | See matched rows below | See matched rows below |
| VRAM | 128 GB | 32 GB |
| TDP | 65 W | 575 W |
| MSRP | $4.7k | $2.0k |
| Workloads | 11 | 30 |
Shared benchmark rows
No batch-one rows with matching model, quantization, context, runtime and offload notes are available. We cannot calculate a comparable speed difference.
External quality layer
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