Mac Studio (Mac16,9) with Apple M4 Max vs RTX 3090 x4

GPU AGPU B

Best sourced output tok/s per model (single-stream generation) — engine and version, quantization, context and a source link on every row. Hover a value for the quant.

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Mac Studio (Mac16,9) with Apple M4 Max1 sourced run · best 110.3 tok/s

RTX 3090 x41 verified run · best 145.8 tok/s

Model	Mac Studio (Mac16,9) with Apple M4 Max	RTX 3090 x4
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next	110.3 IQ3_XXS + MTP Q8_0	145.8 W4A16+FP8-KV

Head-to-head (models tested on both): Mac Studio (Mac16,9) with Apple M4 Max 0 · RTX 3090 x4 1 · tied 0 · data as of Oct 11, 2026. Full rules: methodology.

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