Nvidia’s RTX Spark Laptops Look Hell-Bent on Disruption

Nvidia has unveiled RTX Spark laptops, combining unified memory, RTX graphics, and the N1 CPU, marking a significant step towards locally run AI on Windows PCs.

RTX Spark laptops, announced at Computex 2026, feature Nvidia's Blackwell GB10 'superchip' with up to 20 Arm CPU cores and 6,144 GPU cores, supporting up to 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory^[2]. The laptops are designed to work with Microsoft's Copilot+ certification, including a neural processing unit (NPU) for background AI tasks, while the GPU handles active AI tasks like large language models (LLMs) and image generation. Nvidia's RTX Spark is an iteration of the hardware found in the DGX Spark mini-workstation, released in late 2025^[1]. The RTX Spark laptops are expected to have lower power consumption than the DGX Spark, which may impact performance. Nvidia's GPUs dominate the market with over 90 percent share^[2]. Microsoft is promoting AI capabilities on RTX Spark, but the success of Windows on Arm PCs remains uncertain. Several manufacturers, including Asus, Dell, Lenovo, HP, and MSI, have announced Windows PCs with RTX Spark. High-end RTX Spark configurations are estimated to cost over $4,000^[1].