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Get an M1 Ultra Mac Studio 128GB for $1300 less. It has 800Gb/s memory bandwidth vs the 300Gb/s on the M3 Max. Both will have the same 97GB of VRAM to play with, but you'll utilize far more of the processor on the M1 Ultra.
300GB/s memory bandwidth is the cheaper M3 Max with 14-core CPU and 30-core GPU.
The only CPU that can have 128GB RAM is M3 Max with 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU, and that one has 400GB/s memory bandwidth).
What are your thoughts for someone who needs a dev laptop anyway. For dev a $3200 version is enough. 128Gb one would cost me $5k.
Is almost $2k extra worth it?