Nvidia's N1X Apple Silicon rival is two years behind
Nvidia has stepped into the processor market with its RTX Spark, but at first glance, it's clearly behind Apple Silicon by a considerable margin. The RTX Spark is attempting to take on Apple Silicon - Image Credit: Nvidia Computex 2026 is underway, and Nvidia has formally stepped into the processor ring with its own chip. Nvidia calls the RTX Spark a "superchip" for Windows PCs that have massive AI performance. This chip consists of an ARM-based Nvidia Grace CPU with 20 cores, as well as an Nvidia Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores. There's also fifth-generation Tensor cores, up to 128GB of unified memory, and a 600GB/s Nvidia NVLink-C2C interconnect providing high-bandwidth communications between the elements. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Nvidia has stepped into the processor market with its RTX Spark, but at first glance, it's clearly behind Apple Silicon by a considerable margin. The RTX Spark is attempting to take on Apple Silicon - Image Credit: Nvidia Computex 2026 is underway, and Nvidia has formally stepped into the processor ring with its own chip. Nvidia calls the RTX Spark a "superchip" for Windows PCs that have massive AI performance. This chip consists of an ARM-based Nvidia Grace CPU with 20 cores, as well as an Nvidia Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores. There's also fifth-generation Tensor cores, up to 128GB of unified memory, and a 600GB/s Nvidia NVLink-C2C interconnect providing high-bandwidth communications between the elements. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Nvidia has stepped into the processor market with its RTX Spark, but at first glance, it's clearly behind Apple Silicon by a considerable margin.
The RTX Spark is attempting to take on Apple Silicon - Image Credit: Nvidia Computex 2026 is underway, and Nvidia has formally stepped into the processor ring with its own chip.
Nvidia calls the RTX Spark a "superchip" for Windows PCs that have massive AI performance.
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