Versus Engine
Mac Studio M2 Ultra vs Threadripper Pro + Dual RTX 4090 Build
Specs, price and the one trade-off that actually decides it — Mac Studio M2 Ultra against Threadripper Pro + Dual RTX 4090 Build, side by side.
Cheaper to start
Tie
Both start at a similar price.
Rated higher
Mac Studio M2 Ultra
9.8 vs 9.2 on our design scale.
Standout
Mac Studio M2 Ultra
M2 Ultra Chip with 76-core GPU
Mac Studio M2 Ultra
The ultimate local AI workstation for running massive 70B+ parameters models effortlessly thanks to 192GB of unified memory.
Where it wins, where it doesn't
Pros
- 192GB Unified Memory
- Dead silent operation
- Incredible power efficiency
Cons
- Zero upgradeability
- Very expensive at high configs
Specifications
- gpu76-core GPU
- tierenthusiast
- memoryUp to 192GB Unified
- storageUp to 8TB SSD
- processorApple M2 Ultra
- cpu—
- ram_gb—
- vram_gb_total—
- example_models—
- tokens_per_second—
Threadripper Pro + Dual RTX 4090 Build
Professional-tier workstation: AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro with two NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090s (48 GB VRAM total) and 256 GB of RAM. Runs Llama 3.1 405B and gpt-oss-120b at roughly 10-20 tokens/s — the enterprise end of this index for on-premises inference.
Where it wins, where it doesn't
Pros
- 48GB total VRAM for heavy inference
- Massive PCIe lane bandwidth
- 64-core compute headroom
Cons
- Extreme power consumption (1500W+ peak)
- High noise levels under sustained load
Specifications
- gpu2x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
- tierprofessional
- memory—
- storage—
- processor—
- cpuAMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro
- ram_gb256
- vram_gb_total48
- example_modelsLlama 3.1 405B, gpt-oss-120b
- tokens_per_second10-20