AnalysisOpinion / analysisHardware & Compute1 source · Oct 16, 2026

A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops

Nvidia’s new SoC is available in Windows laptops from six different manufacturers.

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Key points

  • Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X processor is finally here, and we've been collectively testing a small fortune's worth of powerful laptops sporting this new "superchip.
  • RTX Spark is designed to be a high-performing Arm-based SoC for laptops and small desktop computers, rivaling the best from Apple, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm.
  • It has loads of cores, Nvidia RTX Blackwell graphics, and enough power and unified memory to run sizable local AI models.
  • Sean Hollister has been testing a 64GB version of the Asus ...

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