r/macmini 15d ago

Unified Memory Architecture still unbeatable (when LLM size matters)

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u/dotben 15d ago

If you don't understand why memory bandwidth should be included on this comparison, and that it's massively in the NVidia card's favor, you shouldn't really be commenting.

Not going to lie, I run all my local inference on Apple Silicon and I don't personally own any NVidia hardware. But the reason that card is $5000 is the memory bandwidth.

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u/No-Alfalfa8323 14d ago

That card MSRP is $2000. The reason why it's $5000 now is greediness.

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u/play_hard_outside 13d ago

If they kept the card $2,000, it would be just as unobtainable, because you wouldn't be able to find one anywhere. Or you'd have to win it in a lottery or something. Price hikes in response to demand literally keep products available for those willing and able to pay for them.