DGX Spark (GB10, 128 GB) vs M4 Max (128 GB, 40-core GPU)

The DGX Spark (GB10, 128 GB) runs 103 of 110 open models at 4-bit or better, the M4 Max (128 GB, 40-core GPU) runs 101. Usable memory: about 122 GB against 96 GB. The M4 Max (128 GB, 40-core GPU) has more memory bandwidth (546 vs 273 GB/s), so models that fit both answer faster on it.

Data as of 2 November 2026. Speeds are estimates unless marked measured.

NVIDIA

DGX Spark

128 GB

All models for this machine

Apple

M4 Max

128 GB · 40-core GPU

All models for this machine

Running gpt-oss-120b

Runs

~61 tok/s

MXFP4 · 68 of 122 GB · reported

Runs

~77 tok/s

MXFP4 · 68 of 96 GB · ModelFit est.

Single-user decode speed, estimated. Fastest machines for this model

Memory

128 GB

memory

128 GB

memory

~122 GB

usable for a model

~96 GB

usable for a model

273 GB/s

memory bandwidth

546 GB/s

memory bandwidth

What it runs

103

of 110 models run at 4-bit or better

101

of 110 models run at 4-bit or better

Our pick

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Q4_K_XL · ~28 tok/s our est.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B

Q4_K_M · ~41 tok/s our est.

Largest current model that fits

Popular models

gpt-oss-120b

Runs

MXFP4 · ~61 tok/s

Runs

MXFP4 · ~77 tok/s

gpt-oss-20b

Runs

MXFP4 · ~63 tok/s

Runs

MXFP4 · ~92 tok/s

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Runs

Q8_0 · ~45 tok/s

Runs

Q8_0 · ~87 tok/s

Qwen3.8-27B

Runs

Q4_K_M · ~11 tok/s

Runs

Q8_0 · ~15 tok/s

Gemma 4 26B-A4B

Runs

Q8_0 · ~52 tok/s

Runs

Q8_0 · ~63 tok/s

Llama 3.3 70B

Runs

Q4_K_M · ~6.0 tok/s slow

Runs

Q4_K_M · ~9.7 tok/s slow

Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B

Runs

Q4_K_M · ~23 tok/s

Runs

Q4_K_M · ~28 tok/s

DeepSeek-V4-Flash

2-bit only

Q2_K · ~13 tok/s

Too big

needs ~177 GB

Rent one by the hour

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