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On October 16, 2026, heise online published a hands-on test of Nvidia's first laptop chip, the N1X (brand name RTX Spark). The tested model was the Asus ProArt P14, which supports up to 128 GB of unified memory; the test unit was configured with 32 GB of memory plus a 1 TB SSD and priced at 3,300 euros. When testing Qwen 3.8-27B with llama-bench, the generation speed was about 14.5 tokens/s, slightly faster than the Apple M6 and Strix Halo but slower than the M5 Pro; switching to the MoE model Qwen 3.6-35B-A3B reached nearly 61 tokens/s. Prompt processing speed was better than that of Strix Halo and the M5 Pro and M6, but fan noise at full load reached a maximum of 2.7 sone, and the fans also spin up when idle. The author also tried installing Ubuntu; after filling in the drivers themselves, both models ran 14% and 9% faster under Linux than under Windows.
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RTX Spark laptop tested: How does Nvidia's first local AI laptop chip perform?
heise online's c't 3003 tested the Asus ProArt P14, which is equipped with Nvidia's first laptop chip, the N1X (brand name RTX Spark). The machine supports up to 128 GB of unified memory; the test unit had 32 GB of memory plus a 1 TB SSD and cost 3,300 euros. In llama-bench tests with Qwen 3.8-27B, generation speed was about 14.5 tokens/s, slightly faster than Apple M6 and Strix Halo but slower than M5 Pro; with the MoE model Qwen 3.6-35B-A3B, it reached nearly 61 tokens/s. Prompt processing speed was better than Strix Halo and the M5 Pro and M6, but fan noise under full load reached up to 2.7 sone, and the fans also spin up when idle. The author also tried installing Ubuntu; after manually adding the drivers, both models ran 14% and 9% faster under Linux than under Windows.