{"slug": "dedicated-nvidia-gpu-on-your-mac", "title": "Dedicated Nvidia GPU, on Your Mac", "summary": "A new service called gpushed lets Mac users rent a dedicated NVIDIA A100 40 GB, L4 or Tesla T4 GPU from their terminal with a single command, provisioning a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 box preloaded with the NVIDIA driver, CUDA 12.6, Python 3.11, Node.js 24 and Rust. The client runs in Apple's native container runtime, requires macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon, and bills per second with prepaid credit starting at a $10 minimum top-up; an L4 is listed at $0.88/h, and stopped boxes cost about $0.03/hour to keep their disk. Boxes run on Google Cloud in Iowa, South Carolina, Oregon, the Netherlands or Singapore, with SSH keys generated on the user's Mac and only SSH exposed.", "body_md": "# Your dedicated NVIDIA GPU, *on your Mac*.\n\nA whole NVIDIA A100, L4 or Tesla T4 for your research, one command from your Mac’s terminal. Boots ready to work, billed per second, deleted when you're done.\n\n- Preinstalled\n- NVIDIA driver\n- CUDA 12.6\n- Python 3.11\n- Node.js 24\n- Rust\n- git & build tools\n\n`curl -fsSL gpushed.dev/install.sh | bash`\n`container` runtime. No cloud account, Terraform or drivers to set up.\n\n```\ngpushed up\n🚀 Creating box b7k2… (l4, $0.88/h)\n   … pending\n   … running\n✅ Running\n📦 Prebuilt image: CUDA 12.6, Python 3.11, Node, Rust\n🎉 Your GPU box is ready.\n\ngpushed ssh\nboxuser@gp-b7k2:~$ nvidia-smi --query-gpu=name,memory.total --format=csv\nname, memory.total [MiB]\nNVIDIA L4, 23034 MiB\nboxuser@gp-b7k2:~$ python train.py▌\n```\n\n## From sign-in to `nvidia-smi` in minutes.\n\nNo quota requests, waitlists or cloud consoles. gpushed provisions a fresh Ubuntu box with the NVIDIA driver and CUDA, and hands you SSH.\n\n### Set up\n\nInstalls Apple's container runtime and signs you in by email. Fully managed, no cloud account setup required.\n\n`gpushed init`\n### Add credit\n\nPrepay with Stripe, from $10. You can never be billed more than you put in.\n\n`gpushed topup`\n### Get a GPU\n\nPick a plan. Your box boots with CUDA, Python, Node.js and Rust preinstalled, so you SSH in and start.\n\n`gpushed up`\n## A GPU that's yours, only while you need it.\n\nSpin one up for an experiment, pause it overnight, delete it when the paper's done.\n\n### A whole GPU, not a slice\n\nA dedicated NVIDIA A100, L4 or Tesla T4 with root on a clean Ubuntu 22.04 VM. Install whatever stack your research needs.\n\n### CUDA and your tools, ready\n\nBoots from a prebuilt image with the NVIDIA driver, CUDA 12.6, Python 3.11, Node.js and Rust already installed. Ready in minutes.\n\n### Billed per second\n\nPay for exactly the time your box exists. Stop it to pause compute and keep your disk for about $0.03 an hour.\n\n### No surprise bills\n\nCredit is prepaid. We email you when it runs low and pause your box before it runs out.\n\n### Native on your Mac\n\nThe client runs in Apple's own container runtime on Apple silicon. Nothing else to install or keep updated.\n\n### Private by default\n\nYour SSH key is generated on your Mac and never leaves it. Only SSH is open, and boxes can't see each other.\n\n## Simple hourly prices, charged by the second.\n\nEach price includes the machine, a 100 GB SSD and a public IP. Prepay from $10 and top up whenever you like. US prices shown; Europe and Asia cost a little more.\n\n### Tesla T4\n\n### L4\n\n### A100 40 GB\n\n**$10 minimum top-up** About 2¼ hours on an A100, or 11 on an L4.\n\n**Stopped boxes** About $0.03/hour for the disk while compute is paused.\n\n**Running low** Email at $2. Box paused before $0, deleted after 24 h unfunded.\n\n## Questions\n\n## Why Mac only?\n\ngpushed's client runs inside Apple's native container runtime, which needs a Mac with Apple silicon on macOS 26 or later. Focusing on one platform keeps setup to a single command.\n\n## What do I need to install?\n\nJust gpushed. Its setup downloads Apple's container runtime from Apple's GitHub releases, checks Apple's signature and installs it, asking for your password once. No Terraform, gcloud, Python or GPU drivers on your Mac.\n\n## What's on the box?\n\nUbuntu 22.04 with the NVIDIA driver and CUDA Toolkit 12.6, plus Python 3.11 (pip and uv), Node.js 24 LTS, Rust, git and build tools. `pip install torch` and go, with full root access for anything else.\n\n## Where does it run?\n\nOn Google Cloud, in the region nearest you: Iowa, South Carolina or Oregon in the US, the Netherlands, or Singapore. If it's out of GPUs, gpushed tries its other zones and then the next nearest region automatically. Pick one yourself with `gpushed up --region europe-west4`. Prices differ a little by region; `gpushed plans` shows yours.\n\n## What happens when my credit runs out?\n\nYou get an email when your balance drops to $2. Just before it reaches zero your box is stopped, with its disk kept. Top up and run `gpushed start` to resume. A box that stays unfunded for 24 hours is deleted.\n\n## Can I keep my data between sessions?\n\nYes. `gpushed stop` pauses the GPU and keeps the disk for about $0.03/hour; `gpushed start` brings it back. `gpushed down` deletes the box and its disk for good.\n\n## How is it billed?\n\nPer second, from your prepaid balance, from the moment the box exists until it's deleted. `gpushed history` shows every charge and top-up.\n\n## Can I run more than one box?\n\nOne box per account for now. Delete it with `gpushed down` to switch plans.\n\n## Start your next experiment on a real GPU.\n\nFor Macs with Apple silicon on macOS 26 or later.\n\n`curl -fsSL gpushed.dev/install.sh | bash`", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dedicated-nvidia-gpu-on-your-mac", "canonical_source": "https://gpushed.dev/", "published_at": "2026-11-14 22:18:43+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-14 22:53:04.156170+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-tools", "ai-chips", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["gpushed", "Nvidia", "A100", "L4", "Tesla T4", "Apple", "Google Cloud", "CUDA 12.6"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dedicated-nvidia-gpu-on-your-mac", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dedicated-nvidia-gpu-on-your-mac.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dedicated-nvidia-gpu-on-your-mac.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dedicated-nvidia-gpu-on-your-mac.jsonld"}}