It’s unified RAM like on a Mac, so it also counts as VRAM. Go check what a 128GB VRAM GPU costs. I’ll be waiting.
And a similar spaced MacBook Pro (128GB RAM) is like $9k+.
It’s not like this is a horrible deal in that regard.
It's just LPDDR5X, standard modern laptop RAM. Sure, it's quite a bit faster due to the way it's connected, but comparing it to the VRAM on a dedicated GPU is absurd, especially considering memory on laptops has been "unified" in this way since forever.
On Apple website, US one, M5 Max with 128GB is $7000.
So yeah? lulz
You get 614GB/s of memory bandwidth on the M5 Max (full chip), more than double the N1X / GB10 (DGX Spark). For decode, that'll directly translate into ~2x faster token generation.