US Macs · prices as of Aug 15, 2026

The Mac that buys the most machine per dollar this week.

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Best bang

$849

13-inch MacBook Air

M4 · 16GB · 512GB · no GPU NA · 120 GB/s

Apple Certified Refurbished · list $999

Per GB RAM: $53
Per CPU: $85
Per GPU: $106
Per GPU NA: —

GPU NA is M5+ Neural Accelerators in the GPU (matmul / time-to-first-token), not the 16-core Neural Engine. Token generation tracks memory bandwidth.

Best bang for your buck this week: refurbished 13-inch MacBook Air (M4, 16GB / 512GB) at $849 as of Aug 15, 2026, ranked for general use.

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Cheaper pass

$679

Mac mini

M4 · 16GB · 512GB · no GPU NA · 120 GB/s

Apple Certified Refurbished · list $799

Per GB RAM: $42
Per CPU: $68
Per GPU: $68
Per GPU NA: —

GPU NA is M5+ Neural Accelerators in the GPU (matmul / time-to-first-token), not the 16-core Neural Engine. Token generation tracks memory bandwidth.

Cheaper machine that still clears the bar: refurbished Mac mini (M4, 16GB / 512GB) at $679 as of Aug 15, 2026, ranked for general use.

Compared price includes a $299 display because this machine has no screen.

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More RAM

$5,299

Mac Studio

M3 Ultra · 96GB · 1TB · no GPU NA · 819 GB/s

New

Per GB RAM: $55
Per CPU: $189
Per GPU: $88
Per GPU NA: —

GPU NA is M5+ Neural Accelerators in the GPU (matmul / time-to-first-token), not the 16-core Neural Engine. Token generation tracks memory bandwidth.

More unified memory for the same job: Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, 96GB / 1024GB) at $5,299 as of Aug 15, 2026, ranked for general use.

Compared price includes a $299 display because this machine has no screen.

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