M5 Max vs RTX 5080/5090 for local visual AI workloads

durumertt · reddit · 2026-08-24

A user debates between a MacBook Pro (M5 Max) and an RTX 5080/5090 PC for local image and video generation. The post covers Apple Silicon's unified memory bandwidth against CUDA's ecosystem dominance. The author seeks real-world performance comparisons on M5 Max using tools like Draw Things and ComfyUI, specifically for text-to-image/video, image-to-video, and face swapping, and whether NVIDIA still significantly outperforms optimized Apple workloads.

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