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Also I think even an M3 Ultra is more cost effective at running LLMs than 4090 or 5090. Mostly due to being more energy efficient. And less fragile than running
by sgt 1y ago
Also I think even an M3 Ultra is more cost effective at running LLMs than 4090 or 5090. Mostly due to being more energy efficient. And less fragile than running a gamer PC build.
- andy_ppp 1y agoIt can run larger models quite slowly but lacks matmul acceleration (included in the M5) that is very useful for context and prompt performance at inference time. I will probably burn my budget with an M5 Max with 256gb (maybe even 512gb) memory, the price will be upsetting but I guess that is life!
- sgt 1y agoYes! I think smaller models on the M3 Ultra is interesting enough, but now with matmul/ tensors on M5 Ultra or Max, with decent unified mem, it will be a gamechanger. I can easily imagine companies running Mac Studios in prod. Apple should release another Xserve.
- andy_ppp 1y agoYes completely, my guess is M6 will have external GPUs perfect for AI accelerators at home and in datacenters.