A100 80GB SXM4 vs MacBook Pro M1 Max 32GB for Local LLMs
The A100 80GB SXM4 has about 410% more memory bandwidth (2,039 vs 400 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 410% faster on the A100 80GB SXM4. The A100 80GB SXM4 fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 50 vs 39 of 69 models (80 vs 32 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the A100 80GB SXM4 but not the MacBook Pro M1 Max 32GB: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B (122.0B). MSRP is $15,000 for the A100 80GB SXM4 vs $3,299 for the MacBook Pro M1 Max 32GB. MSRP is a launch list price, not live retail — Amazon prices move; click through for the current price. Not retail-shoppable: A100 80GB SXM4 (datacenter-class; cloud rental is the realistic way to use it). In the Q4/8K head-to-head below (53 shared models), the A100 80GB SXM4 posts the higher tok/s in 53 rows vs 0. Methodology.