Apple · mac

Verified 2026-04-24

Apple Mac Studio (M3 Ultra)

Up to 512 GB unified memory. Patient, capacious, cool.

The contrarian pick for 100B+ local models. Slow first-token, monstrous context, no thermal drama.

Remix this rig in the arena

Specs

vram gb
512
compute
M3 Ultra
tdp watts
295
bandwidth gbps
800
cooling
Passive-assisted

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