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apple-silicon · introduced 2024-10

Apple M4 Max

unified LPDDR5X · Unified memory architecture

Configurations
4
Up to
102.4 GB usable
Peak
546 GB/s

Permanent config IDs

Available configurations

Capacity, bandwidth, price, and availability belong to each SKU—not the device family.

ConfigurationUsable memoryBandwidthPriceStatus
Apple M4 Max 128 GB / 546 GB/s 102.4 GB546 GB/sUnknownavailable
Apple M4 Max 64 GB / 546 GB/s 51.2 GB546 GB/sUnknownavailable
Apple M4 Max 48 GB / 546 GB/s 38.4 GB546 GB/sUnknownavailable
Apple M4 Max 36 GB / 410 GB/s 28.8 GB410 GB/sUnknownavailable

Sourced bandwidth · 60 configurations

Bandwidth ladder

Every sourced configuration, ranked by peak memory bandwidth. 100% is Apple M4 Max's fastest configuration at 546 GB/s.

Relative Bandwidth Configuration
4029% 22,000 GB/s NVIDIA Rubin GPU288 GB
1465% 8,000 GB/s NVIDIA B300 SXM288 GB
1465% 8,000 GB/s NVIDIA B200 SXM180 GB
971% 5,300 GB/s AMD Instinct MI300X192 GB
879% 4,800 GB/s NVIDIA H200 SXM141 GB
614% 3,350 GB/s NVIDIA H100 SXM80 GB
366% 2,000 GB/s NVIDIA A100 SXM80 GB
328% 1,792 GB/s NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition96 GB
328% 1,792 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509032 GB
220% 1,200 GB/s Apple M5 Ultra512 GB
220% 1,200 GB/s Apple M5 Ultra256 GB
220% 1,200 GB/s Apple M5 Ultra96 GB
188% 1,024 GB/s AMD Instinct MI5032 GB
185% 1,008 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409024 GB
176% 960 GB/s NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation48 GB
176% 960 GB/s AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX24 GB
171% 936.2 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 309024 GB
158% 864 GB/s NVIDIA L40S48 GB
150% 819 GB/s Apple M3 Ultra512 GB
150% 819 GB/s Apple M3 Ultra96 GB
147% 800 GB/s Apple M2 Ultra192 GB
147% 800 GB/s Apple M1 Ultra128 GB
147% 800 GB/s Apple M1 Ultra64 GB
135% 736 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER16 GB
131% 716.8 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 408016 GB
123% 672 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER16 GB
112% 614 GB/s Apple M5 Max128 GB / 614 GB/s
112% 614 GB/s Apple M5 Max64 GB / 614 GB/s
112% 614 GB/s Apple M5 Max48 GB / 614 GB/s
100% 546 GB/s This device: Apple M4 Max128 GB / 546 GB/s
100% 546 GB/s This device: Apple M4 Max64 GB / 546 GB/s
100% 546 GB/s This device: Apple M4 Max48 GB / 546 GB/s
92% 504 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 407012 GB
92% 504 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER12 GB
92% 504 GB/s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti12 GB
84% 460 GB/s Apple M5 Max36 GB / 460 GB/s
84% 456 GB/s Intel Arc Pro B6024 GB
84% 456 GB/s Intel Arc B58012 GB
75% 410 GB/s This device: Apple M4 Max36 GB / 410 GB/s
63% 346 GB/s NVIDIA Tesla P4024 GB
61% 332.8 GB/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX Platform512 GB
56% 307 GB/s Apple M5 Pro64 GB
56% 307 GB/s Apple M5 Pro48 GB
56% 307 GB/s Apple M5 Pro24 GB
53% 288 GB/s NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell16 GB
50% 273 GB/s NVIDIA DGX Spark128 GB
50% 273 GB/s Apple M4 Pro48 GB
50% 273 GB/s Apple M4 Pro24 GB
47% 256 GB/s AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Developer Platform128 GB
38% 204.8 GB/s NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin64 GB
31% 170 GB/s Apple M632 GB
31% 170 GB/s Apple M624 GB
28% 153 GB/s Apple M532 GB
28% 153 GB/s Apple M524 GB
28% 153 GB/s Apple M516 GB
28% 153 GB/s Apple M616 GB
22% 120 GB/s Apple M432 GB
22% 120 GB/s Apple M424 GB
22% 120 GB/s Apple M416 GB
3% 17 GB/s Raspberry Pi 58 GB

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Notes and constraints

Audit trail

Primary sources

Every required capacity and bandwidth value includes a source and verification date.