Every head-to-head: machine against machine, model against model

Every comparison on this site in one place: 111 machine match-ups and 82 model match-ups, each row carrying the prices, the memory and the speeds the comparison itself opens with. For one machine on its own, start at best buys by usage, the leaderboard or every machine in one table.

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Does any machine here hold every model?

The short version: none of the 53 machines compared here holds more than 46 of the 50 current models, and 2 of them hold that many. The cheapest that does is the Mac Studio M3 Ultra, 256GB at $7,099. The cheapest machine here at all is the GeForce RTX 3060, 12GB at $329, card only, which holds 14. Both of those prices are the ones those machines launched at, before they were discontinued.

Machine against machine

Seven kinds of match-up cut this list.

One machine per family, the middle of its range by price, against every other.
Every graphics card against every other card, since a card is bought as a part and a part is what people put against another part.
Every memory tier of one machine against the others, which is the question left once you have picked the box.
Each box against the cheapest box built on the same GPU with the same memory, where the whole question is what the dearer one charges on top.
Every discontinued machine against the one that replaced it, which is the upgrade question.
The cheapest configuration of a box against the cheapest one with the better chip in it, since what a maker cuts to reach a headline price is the chip and the memory at once.
Each machine against the one from another family nearest it in price, within 10%, which holds the price still and asks what the same money buys twice.

The two speeds in a row are on the strongest model both machines in it can hold at 32k of context, so they are running the same work.

Match-up	Price	Memory	Models that fit, of 50	Speed on a model both hold
Corsair AI Workstation 300, 64GB vs Corsair AI Workstation 300, 128GB	$1,700 vs $4,700	64 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
DGX Spark, 128GB vs Corsair AI Workstation 300, 128GB	$4,699 vs $4,700	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	11 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
DGX Spark, 128GB vs GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB	$4,699 vs $3,500	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	11 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
DGX Spark, 128GB vs MacBook Air M5 (15-inch), 16GB	$4,699 vs $1,499	128 GB vs 16 GB	41 vs 13	26 vs 14 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
DGX Spark, 128GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB	$4,699 vs $3,999	128 GB vs 64 GB	41 vs 34	11 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
DGX Spark, 128GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$4,699 vs $1,299card only	128 GB vs 32 GB	41 vs 34	11 vs 30 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
DGX Spark, 128GB vs RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB	$4,699 vs $18,000card only	128 GB vs 96 GB	41 vs 41	11 vs 78 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 128GB vs Beelink GTR9 Pro, 128GB	$3,449 vs $4,349	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 128GB vs Corsair AI Workstation 300, 128GB	$3,449 vs $4,700	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 128GB vs GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB	$3,449 vs $3,500	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 128GB vs GMKtec EVO-X3, 128GB	$3,449 vs $3,600	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 128GB vs HP Z2 Mini G1a, 128GB	$3,449 vs $5,544	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 128GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 64GB	$3,449 vs $3,499	128 GB vs 64 GB	41 vs 34	10 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 128GB vs Minisforum MS-S1 Max, 128GB	$3,449 vs $3,799	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 32GB vs Framework Desktop, 64GB	$1,269 vs $1,959	32 GB vs 64 GB	30 vs 34	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 32GB vs Mac mini M6, 32GB	$1,269 vs $1,299	32 GB vs 32 GB	30 vs 23	10 vs 6.9 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 64GB vs Framework Desktop, 128GB	$1,959 vs $3,449	64 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 64GB vs GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB	$1,959 vs $1,999card only	64 GB vs 32 GB	34 vs 34	10 vs 66 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Framework Desktop, 64GB vs GMKtec EVO-X2, 64GB	$1,959 vs $2,200	64 GB vs 64 GB	34 vs 34	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 3090, 24GB vs GeForce RTX 3060, 12GB	$1,499card only vs $329card only	24 GB vs 12 GB	29 vs 14	88 vs 38 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 3090, 24GB vs GeForce RTX 4080, 16GB	$1,499card only vs $1,199card only	24 GB vs 16 GB	29 vs 16	88 vs 74 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 3090, 24GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$1,499card only vs $1,299card only	24 GB vs 32 GB	29 vs 34	38 vs 30 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 4080, 16GB vs GeForce RTX 3060, 12GB	$1,199card only vs $329card only	16 GB vs 12 GB	16 vs 14	74 vs 38 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 4090, 24GB vs GeForce RTX 3060, 12GB	$1,599card only vs $329card only	24 GB vs 12 GB	29 vs 14	102 vs 38 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 4090, 24GB vs GeForce RTX 3090, 24GB	$1,599card only vs $1,499card only	24 GB vs 24 GB	29 vs 29	44 vs 38 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 4090, 24GB vs GeForce RTX 4080, 16GB	$1,599card only vs $1,199card only	24 GB vs 16 GB	29 vs 16	102 vs 74 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 4090, 24GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$1,599card only vs $1,299card only	24 GB vs 32 GB	29 vs 34	44 vs 30 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB vs GeForce RTX 3060, 12GB	$1,999card only vs $329card only	32 GB vs 12 GB	34 vs 14	155 vs 38 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB vs GeForce RTX 3090, 24GB	$1,999card only vs $1,499card only	32 GB vs 24 GB	34 vs 29	66 vs 38 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB vs GeForce RTX 4080, 16GB	$1,999card only vs $1,199card only	32 GB vs 16 GB	34 vs 16	155 vs 74 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB vs GeForce RTX 4090, 24GB	$1,999card only vs $1,599card only	32 GB vs 24 GB	34 vs 29	66 vs 44 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB vs MacBook Pro M5 (14-inch), 16GB	$1,999card only vs $1,999	32 GB vs 16 GB	34 vs 13	155 vs 14 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$1,999card only vs $1,299card only	32 GB vs 32 GB	34 vs 34	66 vs 30 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB vs MacBook Air M5 (15-inch), 16GB	$3,500 vs $1,499	128 GB vs 16 GB	41 vs 13	24 vs 14 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB	$3,500 vs $3,999	128 GB vs 64 GB	41 vs 34	10 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$3,500 vs $1,299card only	128 GB vs 32 GB	41 vs 34	10 vs 30 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB vs RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB	$3,500 vs $18,000card only	128 GB vs 96 GB	41 vs 41	10 vs 78 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GMKtec EVO-X2, 64GB vs GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB	$2,200 vs $3,500	64 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	10 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
GMKtec EVO-X2, 64GB vs Mac mini M5 Pro, 48GB	$2,200 vs $2,299	64 GB vs 48 GB	34 vs 34	10 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac mini M4 Pro, 24GB vs Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB	$1,399 vs $1,699	24 GB vs 24 GB	17 vs 17	26 vs 29 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M4 Pro, 48GB vs Mac mini M5 Pro, 48GB	$1,799 vs $2,299	48 GB vs 48 GB	34 vs 34	11 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac mini M4 Pro, 64GB vs Mac mini M5 Pro, 64GB	$1,999 vs $2,699	64 GB vs 64 GB	34 vs 34	11 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac mini M4, 16GB vs Mac mini M6, 16GB	$599 vs $899	16 GB vs 16 GB	13 vs 13	11 vs 14 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M4, 24GB vs Mac mini M6, 24GB	$799 vs $1,099	24 GB vs 24 GB	17 vs 17	11 vs 16 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M4, 32GB vs Mac mini M6, 32GB	$999 vs $1,299	32 GB vs 32 GB	23 vs 23	4.8 vs 6.9 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs Corsair AI Workstation 300, 64GB	$1,699 vs $1,700	24 GB vs 64 GB	17 vs 34	29 vs 24 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs DGX Spark, 128GB	$1,699 vs $4,699	24 GB vs 128 GB	17 vs 41	29 vs 26 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB	$1,699 vs $3,500	24 GB vs 128 GB	17 vs 41	29 vs 24 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs Mac mini M5 Pro, 48GB	$1,699 vs $2,299	24 GB vs 48 GB	17 vs 34	29 vs 29 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs Mac mini M5 Pro, 64GB	$1,699 vs $2,699	24 GB vs 64 GB	17 vs 34	29 vs 29 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB	$1,699 vs $5,099	24 GB vs 128 GB	17 vs 41	29 vs 58 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs MacBook Air M5 (15-inch), 16GB	$1,699 vs $1,499	24 GB vs 16 GB	17 vs 13	29 vs 14 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB	$1,699 vs $3,999	24 GB vs 64 GB	17 vs 34	29 vs 29 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$1,699 vs $1,299card only	24 GB vs 32 GB	17 vs 34	29 vs 70 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24GB vs RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB	$1,699 vs $18,000card only	24 GB vs 96 GB	17 vs 41	29 vs 182 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 48GB vs Mac mini M5 Pro, 64GB	$2,299 vs $2,699	48 GB vs 64 GB	34 vs 34	12 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac mini M5 Pro, 48GB vs MacBook Pro M5 (14-inch), 32GB	$2,299 vs $2,399	48 GB vs 32 GB	34 vs 23	12 vs 6.2 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac mini M6, 16GB vs Mac mini M6, 24GB	$899 vs $1,099	16 GB vs 24 GB	13 vs 17	14 vs 16 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M6, 16GB vs Mac mini M6, 32GB	$899 vs $1,299	16 GB vs 32 GB	13 vs 23	14 vs 16 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M6, 24GB vs Mac mini M6, 32GB	$1,099 vs $1,299	24 GB vs 32 GB	17 vs 23	16 vs 16 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M6, 32GB vs MacBook Air M5 (13-inch), 16GB	$1,299 vs $1,299	32 GB vs 16 GB	23 vs 13	16 vs 14 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac mini M6, 32GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$1,299 vs $1,299card only	32 GB vs 32 GB	23 vs 34	6.9 vs 30 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M3 Ultra, 256GB vs Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB	$7,099 vs $10,799	256 GB vs 256 GB	46 vs 46	22 vs 32 tok/s on GLM-5.3-Flash, both estimated
Mac Studio M3 Ultra, 96GB vs Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 96GB	$3,999 vs $5,499	96 GB vs 96 GB	36 vs 36	33 vs 48 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M4 Max, 128GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB	$3,499 vs $5,099	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	22 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M4 Max, 36GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 36GB	$1,999 vs $2,499	36 GB vs 36 GB	33 vs 33	17 vs 19 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M4 Max, 48GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 48GB	$2,499 vs $3,099	48 GB vs 48 GB	34 vs 34	22 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M4 Max, 64GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 64GB	$2,699 vs $3,499	64 GB vs 64 GB	34 vs 34	22 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB vs DGX Spark, 128GB	$5,099 vs $4,699	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	25 vs 11 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB vs GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB	$5,099 vs $3,500	128 GB vs 128 GB	41 vs 41	25 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB vs MacBook Air M5 (15-inch), 16GB	$5,099 vs $1,499	128 GB vs 16 GB	41 vs 13	58 vs 14 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB	$5,099 vs $3,999	128 GB vs 64 GB	41 vs 34	25 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$5,099 vs $1,299card only	128 GB vs 32 GB	41 vs 34	25 vs 30 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB vs RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB	$5,099 vs $18,000card only	128 GB vs 96 GB	41 vs 41	25 vs 78 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 36GB vs Mac mini M5 Pro, 64GB	$2,499 vs $2,699	36 GB vs 64 GB	33 vs 34	19 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 36GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 48GB	$2,499 vs $3,099	36 GB vs 48 GB	33 vs 34	19 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 48GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB	$3,099 vs $5,099	48 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	25 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 48GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 64GB	$3,099 vs $3,499	48 GB vs 64 GB	34 vs 34	25 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 64GB vs GMKtec EVO-X2, 128GB	$3,499 vs $3,500	64 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	25 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Max, 64GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB	$3,499 vs $5,099	64 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	25 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 96GB vs HP Z2 Mini G1a, 128GB	$5,499 vs $5,544	96 GB vs 128 GB	36 vs 41	48 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 96GB vs Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB	$5,499 vs $10,799	96 GB vs 256 GB	36 vs 46	48 vs 48 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Air M5 (13-inch), 16GB vs MacBook Air M5 (15-inch), 16GB	$1,299 vs $1,499	16 GB vs 16 GB	13 vs 13	14 vs 14 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
MacBook Air M5 (15-inch), 16GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB	$1,499 vs $3,999	16 GB vs 64 GB	13 vs 34	14 vs 29 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
MacBook Air M5 (15-inch), 16GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$1,499 vs $1,299card only	16 GB vs 32 GB	13 vs 34	14 vs 70 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
MacBook Air M5 (15-inch), 16GB vs RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB	$1,499 vs $18,000card only	16 GB vs 96 GB	13 vs 41	14 vs 182 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 (14-inch), 16GB vs MacBook Pro M5 (14-inch), 32GB	$1,999 vs $2,399	16 GB vs 32 GB	13 vs 23	14 vs 14 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 (14-inch), 32GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 36GB	$2,399 vs $2,499	32 GB vs 36 GB	23 vs 33	6.2 vs 19 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Max (16-inch), 48GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 128GB	$4,999 vs $5,099	48 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	25 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Max (16-inch), 48GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Max (16-inch), 128GB	$4,999 vs $6,999	48 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	25 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Max (16-inch), 48GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Max (16-inch), 64GB	$4,999 vs $5,399	48 GB vs 64 GB	34 vs 34	25 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Max (16-inch), 64GB vs Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 96GB	$5,399 vs $5,499	64 GB vs 96 GB	34 vs 36	25 vs 48 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Max (16-inch), 64GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Max (16-inch), 128GB	$5,399 vs $6,999	64 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	25 vs 25 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 24GB vs Mac Studio M5 Max, 48GB	$2,999 vs $3,099	24 GB vs 48 GB	17 vs 34	29 vs 58 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 24GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 48GB	$2,999 vs $3,599	24 GB vs 48 GB	17 vs 34	29 vs 29 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 24GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB	$2,999 vs $3,999	24 GB vs 64 GB	17 vs 34	29 vs 29 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 48GB vs GMKtec EVO-X3, 128GB	$3,599 vs $3,600	48 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	12 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 48GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB	$3,599 vs $3,999	48 GB vs 64 GB	34 vs 34	12 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 48GB vs Minisforum MS-S1 Max, 128GB	$3,599 vs $3,799	48 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	12 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB vs Beelink GTR9 Pro, 128GB	$3,999 vs $4,349	64 GB vs 128 GB	34 vs 41	12 vs 10 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$3,999 vs $1,299card only	64 GB vs 32 GB	34 vs 34	12 vs 30 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB vs RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB	$3,999 vs $18,000card only	64 GB vs 96 GB	34 vs 41	12 vs 78 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Minisforum MS-S1 Max, 128GB vs MacBook Pro M5 Pro (16-inch), 64GB	$3,799 vs $3,999	128 GB vs 64 GB	41 vs 34	10 vs 12 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB vs GeForce RTX 3060, 12GB	$1,299card only vs $329card only	32 GB vs 12 GB	34 vs 14	70 vs 38 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB vs GeForce RTX 4080, 16GB	$1,299card only vs $1,199card only	32 GB vs 16 GB	34 vs 16	70 vs 74 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB vs GeForce RTX 3060, 12GB	$18,000card only vs $329card only	96 GB vs 12 GB	41 vs 14	182 vs 38 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB vs GeForce RTX 3090, 24GB	$18,000card only vs $1,499card only	96 GB vs 24 GB	41 vs 29	78 vs 38 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB vs GeForce RTX 4080, 16GB	$18,000card only vs $1,199card only	96 GB vs 16 GB	41 vs 16	182 vs 74 tok/s on Gemma 4 12B, both estimated
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB vs GeForce RTX 4090, 24GB	$18,000card only vs $1,599card only	96 GB vs 24 GB	41 vs 29	78 vs 44 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB vs GeForce RTX 5090, 32GB	$18,000card only vs $1,999card only	96 GB vs 32 GB	41 vs 34	78 vs 66 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 96GB vs Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB	$18,000card only vs $1,299card only	96 GB vs 32 GB	41 vs 34	78 vs 30 tok/s on Qwen3.8 27B, both estimated

Model against model

Three kinds of match-up cut this list.

Each model against the next one down the leaderboard, which is the choice you face once you know what your machine holds.
Each last-generation model against the current one of its own family nearest it in size, which is the upgrade question, and one the leaderboard never puts side by side because a year of work separates the two on it.
Each model against the one from another family nearest it in the memory it needs, within 10%, which is where a reader with a machine already on the desk starts.

The machine named in a row is the cheapest here that runs both, so the two can be weighed on one computer.

Match-up	Score	Weights	Cheapest machine that runs both
MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs GLM-5.3-Flash	43 vs 42	249 GB vs 189 GB	none listed
GLM-5.3-Flash vs Ling 3.1 flash	42 vs 41	189 GB vs 358 GB	none listed
Ling 3.1 flash vs Qwen3.8 Flash Next	41 vs 40	358 GB vs 120 GB	none listed
Qwen3.8 Flash Next vs DeepSeek V4-Flash	40 vs 35	120 GB vs 155 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
DeepSeek V4-Flash vs Qwen3.8 27B	35 vs 34	155 GB vs 16 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.8 27B vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B	34 vs 30	16 GB vs 307 GB	none listed
Beam 1.0 501B-A23B vs Inkling Small	30 vs 26	307 GB vs 163 GB	none listed
Inkling Small vs Tencent Hy3	26 vs 26	163 GB vs 182 GB	none listed
Tencent Hy3 vs Ling 3.0 flash	26 vs 25	182 GB vs 78 GB	none listed
Ling 3.0 flash vs MiniMax M2.7	25 vs 23	78 GB vs 140 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
MiniMax M2.7 vs Qwen3.6 27B	23 vs 22	140 GB vs 17 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.6 27B vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B	22 vs 21	17 GB vs 22 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	21 vs 19	22 GB vs 22 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B vs Muse Glimmer 30B	19 vs 18	22 GB vs 17 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Muse Glimmer 30B vs Gemma 4 26B-A4B	18 vs 17	17 GB vs 17 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Gemma 4 26B-A4B vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B	17 vs 16	17 GB vs 78 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs Gemma 4 31B it	16 vs 15	78 GB vs 20 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Gemma 4 31B it vs Granite 4.2 30B	15 vs 15	20 GB vs 18 GB	AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB $1,299card only	Open in the calculator
Granite 4.2 30B vs GLM-4.7-Flash	15 vs 15	18 GB vs 18 GB	AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB $1,299card only	Open in the calculator
GLM-4.7-Flash vs Gemma 4 12B	15 vs 14	18 GB vs 7.1 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Gemma 4 12B vs Qwen3.5 9B	14 vs 14	7.1 GB vs 5.7 GB	Mac mini M6, 16GB $899	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.5 9B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B	14 vs 14	5.7 GB vs 25 GB	AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB $1,299card only	Open in the calculator
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B vs Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507	14 vs 13	25 GB vs 142 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 vs MiniCPM5 2B	13 vs 13	142 GB vs 1.6 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
MiniCPM5 2B vs Qwen3.5 4B	13 vs 13	1.6 GB vs 2.7 GB	Mac mini M6, 16GB $899	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.5 4B vs gpt-oss-120b	13 vs 12	2.7 GB vs 63 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
gpt-oss-120b vs Ling 3.0 tiny	12 vs 12	63 GB vs 4.8 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Ling 3.0 tiny vs Granite 4.2 8B	12 vs 12	4.8 GB vs 5.3 GB	Mac mini M6, 24GB $1,099	Open in the calculator
Granite 4.2 8B vs GLM-4.5-Air	12 vs 11	5.3 GB vs 73 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
GLM-4.5-Air vs Mistral Small 4 (119B-2603)	11 vs 11	73 GB vs 74 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Mistral Small 4 (119B-2603) vs Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507	11 vs 10	74 GB vs 19 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B	10 vs 10	19 GB vs 19 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B vs Qwen3-Coder Next	10 vs 10	19 GB vs 48 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Qwen3-Coder Next vs gpt-oss-20b	10 vs 9	48 GB vs 12 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
gpt-oss-20b vs Gemma 4 E4B	9 vs 9	12 GB vs 5.2 GB	Mac mini M6, 24GB $1,099	Open in the calculator
Gemma 4 E4B vs Devstral 2 123B	9 vs 9	5.2 GB vs 75 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Devstral 2 123B vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B	9 vs 8	75 GB vs 20 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B	8 vs 8	20 GB vs 43 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct	8 vs 8	43 GB vs 43 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs LFM2.5 2.6B	8 vs 8	43 GB vs 1.7 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
LFM2.5 2.6B vs Devstral Small 2 24B	8 vs 8	1.7 GB vs 14 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Devstral Small 2 24B vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	8 vs 7	14 GB vs 4.9 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Qwen3 32B	7 vs 7	4.9 GB vs 20 GB	AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB $1,299card only	Open in the calculator
Qwen3 32B vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct	7 vs 7	20 GB vs 14 GB	AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB $1,299card only	Open in the calculator
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Qwen3 14B	7 vs 6	14 GB vs 9.0 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Qwen3 14B vs Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E	6 vs 6	9.0 GB vs 65 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E vs Ministral 3 14B	6 vs 6	65 GB vs 8.2 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Ministral 3 14B vs Qwen3 8B	6 vs 5	8.2 GB vs 5.0 GB	Mac mini M6, 24GB $1,099	Open in the calculator
Qwen3 8B vs Gemma 3 27B it	5 vs 5	5.0 GB vs 17 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Gemma 3 27B it vs Ministral 3 8B	5 vs 5	17 GB vs 5.2 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Ministral 3 8B vs Gemma 3 12B it	5 vs 4	5.2 GB vs 7.3 GB	Mac mini M6, 16GB $899	Open in the calculator
Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507 vs Qwen3.8 Flash Next	13 vs 40	142 GB vs 120 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
Qwen3 32B vs Qwen3.8 27B	7 vs 34	20 GB vs 16 GB	AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB $1,299card only	Open in the calculator
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Devstral Small 2 24B	7 vs 8	14 GB vs 14 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Qwen3 8B vs Qwen3.5 9B	5 vs 14	5.0 GB vs 5.7 GB	Mac mini M6, 16GB $899	Open in the calculator
Gemma 3 27B it vs Gemma 4 31B it	5 vs 15	17 GB vs 20 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Gemma 3 12B it vs Gemma 4 12B	4 vs 14	7.3 GB vs 7.1 GB	Mac mini M6, 16GB $899	Open in the calculator
GLM-5.3-Flash vs Tencent Hy3	42 vs 26	189 GB vs 182 GB	none listed
DeepSeek V4-Flash vs MiniMax M2.7	35 vs 23	155 GB vs 140 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.8 27B vs Muse Glimmer 30B	34 vs 18	16 GB vs 17 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
DeepSeek V4-Flash vs Inkling Small	35 vs 26	155 GB vs 163 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
Ling 3.0 flash vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B	25 vs 16	78 GB vs 78 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
MiniMax M2.7 vs Qwen3 235B-A22B Instruct 2507	23 vs 13	140 GB vs 142 GB	Mac Studio M5 Ultra, 256GB $10,799	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.6 27B vs Gemma 3 27B it	22 vs 5	17 GB vs 17 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B vs Qwen3 30B-A3B Instruct 2507	21 vs 10	22 GB vs 19 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B vs Gemma 4 31B it	19 vs 15	22 GB vs 20 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs GLM-4.5-Air	16 vs 11	78 GB vs 73 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Granite 4.2 30B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B	15 vs 14	18 GB vs 25 GB	AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB $1,299card only	Open in the calculator
GLM-4.7-Flash vs Devstral Small 2 24B	15 vs 8	18 GB vs 14 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
gpt-oss-120b vs Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E	12 vs 6	63 GB vs 65 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Granite 4.2 8B vs Qwen3 8B	12 vs 5	5.3 GB vs 5.0 GB	Mac mini M6, 24GB $1,099	Open in the calculator
Ling 3.0 flash vs Mistral Small 4 (119B-2603)	25 vs 11	78 GB vs 74 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B vs Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B	21 vs 10	22 GB vs 19 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Qwen3-Coder Next vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B	10 vs 8	48 GB vs 43 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
gpt-oss-20b vs Ministral 3 14B	9 vs 6	12 GB vs 8.2 GB	Mac mini M6, 24GB $1,099	Open in the calculator
GLM-4.5-Air vs Devstral 2 123B	11 vs 9	73 GB vs 75 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 128GB $3,449	Open in the calculator
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Qwen3 32B	8 vs 7	20 GB vs 20 GB	AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, 32GB $1,299card only	Open in the calculator
Devstral Small 2 24B vs Gemma 3 27B it	8 vs 5	14 GB vs 17 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Ministral 3 8B	7 vs 5	4.9 GB vs 5.2 GB	Mac mini M6, 16GB $899	Open in the calculator
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Gemma 3 27B it	7 vs 5	14 GB vs 17 GB	Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269	Open in the calculator
Ministral 3 14B vs Qwen3 14B	6 vs 6	8.2 GB vs 9.0 GB	Mac mini M6, 24GB $1,099	Open in the calculator
Qwen3 8B vs Gemma 3 12B it	5 vs 4	5.0 GB vs 7.3 GB	Mac mini M6, 16GB $899	Open in the calculator

The assumptions behind both tables

Every figure here is the one the page behind it prints, at the same defaults: 500k tokens a day at 15:1 input to output, 32k of context, $0.17 per kWh, and today's API prices held flat. A speed that says estimated is worked out from memory bandwidth rather than measured. Graphics cards are priced as the card alone, so add the PC around one before comparing it with a complete computer. All seven cards here are ranked by what each one holds. Scores are the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3. Each calculator link opens the machine in its row running the first model named; change any of it once you are there.