Lowest-power local LLM machines
Ranked by wall power. This is the list to read if the machine has to live in a bedroom, a dorm room, or on a shared circuit.
| # | Hardware | VRAM | Read tok/s | Power | Full rig | Cost/M tok | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mac mini M5 Pro 64 GB | 64 GB | 259 | 110 W | $2,899 | $0.207 | 2,691 days |
| 2 | MacBook Pro M5 Max 128 GB | 128 GB | 1,310 | 120 W | $6,699 | $0.103 | 1,178 days |
| 3 | MacBook Pro M5 Max 64 GB | 64 GB | 518 | 120 W | $5,099 | $0.169 | 2,028 days |
| 4 | Mac Studio M4 Max 128 GB | 128 GB | 447 | 145 W | $6,500 | $0.241 | 3,111 days |
| 5 | Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128 GB | 128 GB | 1,320 | 170 W | $3,500 | $0.077 | 787 days |
| 6 | DGX Spark | 128 GB | 2,229 | 170 W | $5,100 | $0.097 | 1,062 days |
What these lists do not cover
- Wall power is the figure measured under load on this workload; idle draw and fan noise are separate and not in this table.
- All figures are single-stream measurements on one workload. Multi-user serving, fine-tuning and server parts behave differently.