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Asus ProArt P16 is an Arm-based Windows laptop powered by the new Nvidia RTX Spark processor. Hitechreports's coverage explores its features, battery performance, graphics capabilities, and role in the shifting personal computer market.
Notebookcheck's review of Microsoft's new Surface Laptop Ultra, one of several RTX Spark laptops unveiled last week, finds a bright but flawed Mini-LED panel, solid build quality, and only average battery life.
Asus' ProArt P16 pairs Nvidia's RTX Spark chip with 128GB of unified memory and a 16-inch OLED screen in a 0.51-inch chassis, carrying a $7,000 price that puts it squarely against premium MacBook Pros.
A Notebookcheck review of Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra found the 15-inch Mini-LED display suffers from ghosting and lacks local dimming, despite strong brightness and contrast numbers on paper.
Notebookcheck's review of the Asus ProArt P16 praises its 4K tandem OLED screen, keyboard and ports, and argues it beats the current MacBook Pro 16 on design ahead of Apple's rumored MacBook Ultra launch.
Hitechreports's October coverage shows Arm-based, unified-memory laptops aimed at local AI arriving at premium prices while ordinary x86 Windows machines get cheaper.
Asus revamped the ProArt P16 with Nvidia's ARM-based RTX Spark silicon, offering full unplugged performance and unified memory while trailing the older RTX 5090 in pure graphics muscle.
Nvidia’s RTX Spark SoC is shipping now in the Asus ProArt P16. It’s ARM-based, integrates up to 20 CPU cores and 6,144 CUDA cores, and enables true hybrid agentic AI — local models for privacy, cloud models for scale — all on one chip.
Surface Laptop Ultra battery life is 9 hours in video playback — same as MacBook Pro 14 — despite a 27% larger battery. Under GPU stress, it lasts just 53 minutes.
Three Verge writers spent a week with five laptops built on Nvidia's new RTX Spark N1X chip, from the Surface Laptop Ultra to the Asus ProArt P16, and found solid app support but mixed gaming results at prices from $2,599.99 to $6,999.99.
NVIDIA’s RTX Spark N1X chip is official — and it’s shipping in Windows laptops this fall. The first device, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, launches Thursday, October 17, priced at $2,499 in the US and ₹2,19,999 in India.
Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X SoC is real—and it’s shipping in the Asus ProArt P16 this week, starting at $2,700.
Preorders have opened for the first Nvidia RTX Spark laptops, with entry models starting at $2,600 and high-end configurations climbing all the way to $7,000.
The first RTX Spark laptops launch October 16 — starting at $2,599, topping out at $6,999.99 for the Asus ProArt P16 with 128GB of unified memory and 2TB storage.
Asus has opened pre-orders for the ProArt P16 and ProArt P14 laptops featuring Nvidia RTX Spark hardware, starting at $2,599.99 ahead of US retail shipments on October 16.