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A100 80GB SXM4 vs MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB for Local LLMs

The A100 80GB SXM4 has about 273% more memory bandwidth (2,039 vs 546 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 273% faster on the A100 80GB SXM4. The MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 47 vs 46 of 61 models (128 vs 80 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB but not the A100 80GB SXM4: DeepSeek-V4-Flash (158.1B). MSRP is $15,000 for the A100 80GB SXM4 vs $4,399 for the MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB. 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 (54 shared models), the A100 80GB SXM4 posts the higher tok/s in 53 rows vs 1. Methodology.

Spec comparison

A100 80GB SXM4MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB
VendorNVIDIAApple
VRAM80 GB128 GB
Memory typeHBM2eLPDDR5X
Memory bandwidth2,039 GB/s546 GB/s
TDP400 W160 W
MSRP (list)$15,000$4,399
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Q4 / 8K head-to-head — top 15 of 54 shared models

ModelParams (B)A100 80GB SXM4 tok/sA100 80GB SXM4 fitsMacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB tok/sMacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB fitsWinner
Qwen3-0.6B0.81621.9 est.Yes434.3 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
gemma-3-1b-it1.01297.5 est.Yes347.5 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct1.21081.3 est.Yes289.5 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Qwen3-1.7B2.0648.8 est.Yes173.7 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Qwen3-30B-A3B30.5432.5 est.Yes115.8 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct30.5432.5 est.Yes115.8 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
GLM-4.7-Flash31.2432.5 est.Yes115.8 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-250730.5432.5 est.Yes115.8 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct81.3432.5 est.Yes115.8 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Qwen3-Coder-Next79.7432.5 est.Yes115.8 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct3.2405.5 est.Yes108.6 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
gpt-oss-20b21.5360.4 est.Yes96.5 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Phi-4-mini-instruct3.8341.5 est.Yes91.4 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
Phi-4-mini-reasoning3.8341.5 est.Yes91.4 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4
gemma-3-4b-it4.3332.7 est.Yes89.1 est.YesA100 80GB SXM4

est. = bandwidth-based estimate; measured = curated real benchmark that overrides the estimate. Fits = weights + KV(8K) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM.

Fit coverage at Q4 / 8K

A100 80GB SXM4MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB
Catalog models that fit46 of 6147 of 61
Largest exclusive fit—DeepSeek-V4-Flash (158.1B)

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