Head to head
34 comparisons
Not every pair of 36 machines. These are the choices people weigh: a Mac Studio, a Ryzen AI Max box, a GB10 box or a set of used 3090s at about the same money, and each machine against its nearest sibling. Tick any two machines in the listing to compare a pair that is not here.
Across kinds of machine
Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max, 40-core GPU) vs Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395)
~$3,099–$5,099 vs ~$1,959–$3,449
Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max, 40-core GPU) vs NVIDIA DGX Spark
~$3,099–$5,099 vs ~$4,699
Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs NVIDIA DGX Spark
~$1,959–$3,449 vs ~$4,699
NVIDIA DGX Spark vs 4x RTX 3090 (used) on EPYC 7003, open frame
~$4,699 vs ~$2,178 + unpriced parts
Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs 2x RTX 3090 (used)
~$1,959–$3,449 vs ~$3,639 + unpriced parts
Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max, 40-core GPU) vs 2x RTX 3090 (used)
~$3,099–$5,099 vs ~$3,639 + unpriced parts
Apple Mac Studio (M5 Ultra, 80-core GPU) vs 4x RTX 3090 (used) on EPYC 7003, open frame
~$6,799–$10,799 vs ~$2,178 + unpriced parts
Apple Mac Studio (M5 Ultra, 64-core GPU) vs 1x RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
~$5,499–$9,499 vs ~$20,833
Apple Mac Studio (M5 Ultra, 80-core GPU) vs Dell Pro Max Tower T2 with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
~$6,799–$10,799 vs ~$13,909
Apple Mac mini (M5 Pro, 20-core GPU) vs 1x RTX 3090 (used)
~$1,899–$2,899 vs ~$2,944 + unpriced parts
Apple Mac mini (M5 Pro, 20-core GPU) vs Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395)
~$1,899–$2,899 vs ~$1,959–$3,449
2x RTX 3090 (used) vs 1x RTX 5090
~$3,639 + unpriced parts vs ~$3,234 + unpriced parts
EPYC 9355P + 768 GB 12-channel DDR5 (CPU only) vs RTX 5090 + EPYC 9355P with 768 GB DDR5 (MoE offload)
~$3,663 + unpriced parts vs ~$3,763 + unpriced parts
Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs RTX 3090 (used) + 128 GB DDR5 on AM5 (MoE offload)
~$1,959–$3,449 vs ~$4,833 + unpriced parts
Apple Mac Studio (M5 Ultra, 80-core GPU) vs EPYC 9355P + 768 GB 12-channel DDR5 (CPU only)
~$6,799–$10,799 vs ~$3,663 + unpriced parts
Same kind, next step up or down
2x RTX 3090 (used) vs 2x Radeon RX 7900 XTX
~$3,639 + unpriced parts vs ~$5,637
2x Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs 2x Intel Arc Pro B60
~$5,637 vs ~$4,367
4x RTX 3090 (used) on EPYC 7003, open frame vs 4x Instinct MI50 32GB (used) on EPYC 7003
~$2,178 + unpriced parts vs ~$1,998 + unpriced parts
Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max, 32-core GPU) vs Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M5 Max, 32-core GPU)
~$2,499 vs ~$4,099
Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M5 Max, 32-core GPU) vs Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch (M5 Max, 32-core GPU)
~$4,099 vs ~$4,399
Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max, 40-core GPU) vs Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M5 Max, 40-core GPU)
~$3,099–$5,099 vs ~$4,699–$6,699
Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch (M5 Max, 40-core GPU) vs Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch (M5 Max, 40-core GPU)
~$4,699–$6,699 vs ~$4,999–$6,999
Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs GMKtec EVO-X2 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395)
~$1,959–$3,449 vs ~$2,600–$4,000
GMKtec EVO-X2 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs Beelink GTR9 Pro (Ryzen AI Max+ 395)
~$2,600–$4,000 vs ~$4,699
Beelink GTR9 Pro (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs Corsair AI Workstation 300 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395)
~$4,699 vs ~$4,800
Minisforum MS-S1 MAX (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs Corsair AI Workstation 300 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395)
~$4,899 vs ~$4,800
Minisforum MS-S1 MAX (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs HP Z2 Mini G1a (Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395)
~$4,899 vs ~$4,999
NVIDIA DGX Spark vs Dell Pro Precision with GB10
~$4,699 vs ~$5,523
1x RTX 3090 (used) vs 1x RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
~$2,944 + unpriced parts vs ~$20,833
1x RTX 3090 (used) vs 1x RTX 5090
~$2,944 + unpriced parts vs ~$3,234 + unpriced parts
2x RTX 3090 (used) vs 4x RTX 3090 (used) on EPYC 7003, open frame
~$3,639 + unpriced parts vs ~$2,178 + unpriced parts
4x RTX 3090 (used) on EPYC 7003, open frame vs 2x RTX 5090
~$2,178 + unpriced parts vs ~$4,109 + unpriced parts
2x RTX 5090 vs 4x Instinct MI50 32GB (used) on EPYC 7003
~$4,109 + unpriced parts vs ~$1,998 + unpriced parts
RTX 5090 + EPYC 9355P with 768 GB DDR5 (MoE offload) vs RTX 3090 (used) + 128 GB DDR5 on AM5 (MoE offload)
~$3,763 + unpriced parts vs ~$4,833 + unpriced parts