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		alberth on Oct 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: M4 MacBook Pro Since the only real difference is number of GPUs, it'd be: - photo/video editing - games, or - AI (training / inference) that would benefit from the extra GPUs.

mixmastamyk on Oct 30, 2024 | [–]

^3D work - Maya, Blender, etc. Probably would be best on a Studio or workstation if/when those are available again.

ColonelPhantom on Oct 31, 2024 | [–]

The Max also has much more memory bandwidth. Especially for running local LLMs, that is the limiting factor much more than the number of GPU cores is.

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