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No, M series is a system on chip (SoC), that’s why it’s able to run local LLM models in a range impossible for other laptop brands: VRAM == RAM, unified shared memory at max speed for both CPU and GPU




Strix Halo has the same unified RAM with no separation.

Sadly it’s not in many laptops, probably the easiest way to obtain it is in the Framework Desktop or a mini pc.




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