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Best Hardware for Local LLMs in 2026: Mac vs NVIDIA vs AMD, One Formula for Every Row

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Originally published on macyou.co , where the tables update as specs change. Disclosure up front: I run Macyou, we rent dedicated Apple Silicon Macs. That is exactly why every number below is computed the same way for NVIDIA, AMD and Apple, and why the section on where a Mac is the wrong purchase i…

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    Best Hardware for Local LLMs in 2026: Mac vs NVIDIA vs AMD, One Formula for Every Row

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