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Posted by Michael Davidson

- Today at 06:43:28

I own a Macbook Pro M5 Max with 128GB of ram and a DGX Spark (GB10) with 128GB of ram. The Macbook Pro is leagues faster, almost 3x the memory bandwidth. The GB10's saving grace is of course CUDA and the ability to run NVFP4 models. Beyond that, this chipset is already a year old, this WILL NOT outperform a similarly spec'ed Macbook Pro and most definitely not a Mac Studio.

Posted by Me myself and I

- Today at 02:18:53

Yeah but it doesn't have the neural processing units that you have on an M5 Max I have 128 GB at 1 and I will be purchasing at 256 Ultra as soon as it comes out if they make the 512 I'll be getting that one.

Posted by It is a rival

- Yesterday at 22:45:43

That is outdated info.

The maximum you can configure the M4 max is 64 GB and for M3 ultra it's 96 GB now.

So RTX spark is fine.

You finished trolling?

Posted by wrong, not yet a rival

- Yesterday at 20:08:55

QuoteAsus reveals pro-grade Mac Studio rival mini PC: Nvidia RTX Spark

Not a rival: A NVIDIA Spark is based on a NVIDIA's GB10 chip (273 GB/s) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwell_(microarchitecture)#Blackwell_dies), while a Mac Studio is/was based on Apple's M4 Max (up to 546 GB/s) or M3 Ultra (819.3 GB/s) chips.

Unfortunately Apple doesn't sell higher RAM configs anymore:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Studio: "Configurable up to 512 GB until March 4, 2026;[30] 256 GB until May 5, 2026[31]".

If the Spark had 192 GB or 256 GB RAM configs, then, even with the lower GB/s, one might call it a rival, because at least then it would have more RAM than a Mac Studio.

Posted by Redaktion

- Yesterday at 19:34:04

Microsoft has revealed a new Surface-branded device featuring the Nvidia RTX Spark chipset. Arriving a day after the Surface Laptop Ultra, the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is a mini-PC with 128 GB of RAM and more ports than its laptop counterpart.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-reveals-new-Mac-Studio-rival-with-Nvidia-RTX-Spark-and-128-GB-RAM.1313672.0.html