Comment by Joeri
4 hours ago
Without fundamental model architecture improvements the practicality largely depends on how Apple increases memory bandwidth.
Memory bandwidths (* = rumored):
M1: 68 GB/s
M2: 100 GB/s
M2 pro: 200 GB/s
M2 max: 400 GB/s
M2 ultra: 800 GB/s
M5: 153 GB/s
M5 pro: 307 GB/s
M5 max: 460 GB/s
M6: 200 GB/s*
M7: 240 GB/s*
Nvidia 4090 1008 GB/s
Nvidia H100 3.35 TB/s
Basically what we're looking at by the M7 generation is a tier shift, where the base M7 can do what the M2 pro did, and every tier moves up accordingly, with the M7 ultra becoming competitive with nvidia dedicated consumer hardware.
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