Which PC or Mac do I need to run an AI model?
Pick a model. We name a graphics card, PC or Mac that runs it, with its price and our speed estimate where we have them. If nothing on our list can, we say so.
For Gemma 4 31B:
The cheapest graphics card on our list that runs it (it still needs the rest of a PC): GeForce RTX 3090 24GB, $1,395€1,246, used (median of sold listings).
Fast~37 tok/sAnswers appear faster than you can read them.A complete machine that runs it at least as fast as you read: Mac Studio M4 Max 36GB, about $2,116€1,890 (used). Comfortable~9.9 tok/s
We never pass off an estimate as a benchmark. Commissions never change which hardware we recommend. How we calculate