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Mac is more competitive on power consumption though since its not ever pulling as much as a Nvidia GPU is my understanding.

On that note you can rent an H100 for an hour for under $10 which might make for a slightly more interesting test, whats the best model outcome you can train in under an hour.

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> you can rent an H100 for an hour for under $10

Far cheaper these days. More like $2-3 for a consumer to do this. For bulk deals, pricing is often < $2.

I couldnt remember offhand the exact amount but figured noting that under $10 is still impressive for one high end GPU for an entire hour.

It depends. If you're bottlenecked by memeory speed, the Mac typically comes out on-top.

In terms of conpute efficiency though, Nvidia still has Apple beat. Nvidia wouldn't have the datacenter market on a leash if Apple was putting up a real fight.

Yeah, this is correct. My 3080 will render quicker than my M4 but my M4 will outcompete on being able to load larger models.

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