Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB vs MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB for Local LLMs

The MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB has about 86% more memory bandwidth (400 vs 215 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 86% faster on the MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB. The MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 53 vs 41 of 69 models (128 vs 48 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB but not the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB: Step-3.5-Flash (196.8B). MSRP is $1,500 for the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB vs $4,199 for the MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB. 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 (57 shared models), the MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB posts the higher tok/s in 55 rows vs 2. Methodology.

Spec comparison

	Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Vendor	AMD	Apple
VRAM	48 GB	128 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5
Memory bandwidth	215 GB/s	400 GB/s
TDP	120 W	140 W
MSRP (list)	$1,500	$4,199
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Q4 / 8K head-to-head — top 15 of 57 shared models

Model	Params (B)	Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB tok/s	Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB fits	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB tok/s	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB fits	Winner
MiniCPM5-1B	1.08	126.7 est.	Yes	235.7 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Qwen3.5-2B	2.0	68.4 est.	Yes	127.3 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B-layer-mix-bpw-3.8-mlx	2.3	59.5 est.	Yes	110.7 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B	36.0	45.6 est.	Yes	84.8 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B	34.7	45.6 est.	Yes	84.8 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
GLM-4.7-Flash	31.2	45.6 est.	Yes	84.8 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507	30.5	45.6 est.	Yes	84.8 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Nemotron-3-Nano-Omni-30B-A3B-Reasoning-BF16	30.0	45.6 est.	Yes	84.8 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Qwen3-Coder-Next	79.7	45.6 est.	Yes	84.8 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Ornith-1.0-35B	35.0	45.6 est.	Yes	84.8 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct	81.3	45.6 est.	Yes	84.8 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
qwen35b-a3b-fable-sft-abliterated	34.7	45.6 est.	Yes	84.8 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct	3.2	42.8 est.	Yes	79.5 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
MiniMax-M2.7	228.7	5.4 est.	No	71.8 est.	No	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
gpt-oss-20b	21.5	38.0 est.	Yes	70.7 est.	Yes	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB

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

	Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB	MacBook Pro M3 Max 128GB
Catalog models that fit	41 of 69	53 of 69
Largest exclusive fit	—	Step-3.5-Flash (196.8B)

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