Should I swap an RTX 5090 for Mac Studio M5 Ultra?

A Reddit user is weighing selling an RTX 5090 for $5k to buy a Mac Studio M5 Ultra priced $5,499, mainly for coding. They note the 5090 has 1.8 TB/s memory bandwidth versus the M5 Ultra's 1.2 TB/s and ask if the upgrade makes sense.

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