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Nvidia RTX Spark ARM chip performance

Overview

In July 2026 Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X, a 20‑core ARM‑based processor, was evaluated on an engineering sample inside a Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra. Cinebench 2026 showed the chip marginally ahead of Apple’s 14‑core M3 Max in multi‑core performance (5,771 vs 5,722 points) but a few percent slower in single‑core tests. A leak suggested the Spark lagged the newer Apple M4 Max by roughly 35 % in multi‑core scores while matching the M3 Max on single‑core.

By early August 2026 Nvidia announced that the RTX Spark SoC, developed with MediaTek, will support RTX NTC graphics on Windows 11 ARM. New Geekbench 7 data indicated the chip’s 20‑core configuration scoring 2,570 single‑core and 23,126 multi‑core points, narrowing the gap to within about 11 % of Apple’s M4 Max multi‑core performance. The GPU component is expected to include up to 6,144 CUDA cores, comparable to desktop RTX 5070/3080 cards, though real‑world thermal and graphics results remain to be confirmed.

Entities

Windows 11 ARM · Apple Inc. · Nvidia Corporation · RTX Spark · MediaTek Inc.

Timeline

  1. 21 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources
    NVIDIA prepares RTX Spark ARM chips for Windows 11 with Apple‑close performance

    NVIDIA’s RTX Spark ARM SoC, built with MediaTek, will run RTX NTC on Windows 11 ARM and is now within 11 % of Apple’s M4 Max in Geekbench 7 multi‑core scores.

  2. about 1 month ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    Nvidia RTX Spark N1X benchmarks show mixed results versus Apple M3/M4 Max

    Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X 20‑core Arm chip scored 5,771 in Cinebench multi‑core, slightly ahead of Apple M3 Max, but hit 540 in single‑core and fell 35.6% behind the M4 Max in multi‑core tests.

Sources

borncity.com · noticiasdemalaga.es · profesionalreview.com