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NVIDIA DGX Spark vs AMD Strix Halo (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs Mac Studio

NVIDIA DGX Spark vs AMD Strix Halo (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max) compared for running LLMs: memory, bandwidth, price, software.

Last updated21 Oct 2026
Fact-checked21 Oct 2026
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SystemChipMemoryMemory bandwidthPriceSource
NVIDIA DGX Spark (128GB)NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell128 GB unified273 GB/s$4,699 (NVIDIA Founders Edition MSRP from Feb 2026; current marketplace price TBD)
A 64GB configuration is sold through OEM partners.
NVIDIA: DGX Spark product page and specs; NVIDIA Developer Forums: DGX Spark price change announcement (Feb 2026)
GMKtec EVO-X2 (128GB / 1TB)AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395128 GB unified256 GB/s (computed: 256-bit × 8000 MT/s)$3,499.99 (maker store, accessed 21 Oct 2026)GMKtec: EVO-X2 product page (128GB + 1TB variant); AMD: Ryzen AI Max+ 395 specifications
Mac Studio (M5 Max 40-core GPU, 128GB)Apple M5 Max128 GB unified614 GB/sTBDApple: Mac Studio technical specifications
  • Capacity: all three offer 128 GB configurations (Mac Studio M5 Ultra goes to 512 GB).
  • Bandwidth: DGX Spark 273 GB/s and Ryzen AI Max+ 395 256 GB/s are similar; Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU) lists 614 GB/s.
  • Software: Spark runs NVIDIA's CUDA stack; Strix Halo uses ROCm or Vulkan backends; Mac uses Metal/MLX.

Head-to-head benchmarks: TBD (see benchmarks).

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