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Not just GPU performance -- the M3 Ultra has memory bandwidth of ~800GBps vs ~1,800GBps for the 5090.

I would wager that Apple recognizes the value prop for the mac to be used for AI and will up their memory bandwidth to stay in the game.



The key features of the m3 ultra is 512GB of shared GPU/CPU ram, and ultra fast LAN over peripheral cabling.

Once an NVIDIA card caches a model into its VRAM, than it doesn't get hit with the memory data copy cost over the bus.

Yet as many people have noticed, who cares if the m3 ultra takes four times as long if the faster alternative simply won't fit the larger models. YMMV =3




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