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Does the M5 Max Mac Studio with 128GB RAM actually get you closer to frontier-level AI? or just a gimmick

I've been seeing a lot of discussion around high-memory Apple Silicon machines, particularly the Mac Studio configurations with 128GB or more of unified memory. I'm curious about how much practical value these configurations actually offer when it comes to running local LLMs. I understand that fitt…

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  1. 2026-11-10 03:21 · r/LocalLLM
    Does the M5 Max Mac Studio with 128GB RAM actually get you closer to frontier-level AI? or just a gimmick

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