Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB vs RX 9070 XT 16GB for Local LLMs
The RX 9070 XT 16GB has about 198% more memory bandwidth (640 vs 215 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 198% faster on the RX 9070 XT 16GB. The Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 51 vs 24 of 69 models (96 vs 16 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB but not the RX 9070 XT 16GB: DeepSeek-V4-Flash (158.1B). MSRP is $2,000 for the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB vs $599 for the RX 9070 XT 16GB. MSRP is a launch list price, not live retail — Amazon prices move; click through for the current price. In the Q4/8K head-to-head below (44 shared models), the RX 9070 XT 16GB posts the higher tok/s in 41 rows vs 3. Methodology.