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How much more capable are models that would run on a 32GB MacBook Pro vs. a 16GB VRAM (Nvidia) / 32GB RAM PC?

It's getting time to upgrade my M1 MBA (which is no good for AI). I've been running local models for coding and some image generation on my PC with a 16GB Nvidia card, and it's been fun. If I replace the MBA with a 32GB MBP, would I gain that much capability over the PC? Or should I not bother, get…

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  1. 2026-09-27 15:09 · r/LocalLLM
    How much more capable are models that would run on a 32GB MacBook Pro vs. a 16GB VRAM (Nvidia) / 32GB RAM PC?

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