A potential Arm-based Nvidia APU, developed alongside MediaTek, has been under scrutiny for a period. While its existence was close to confirmed, there had been little evidence of a production-ready version until now. Recent benchmarking data indicates that the Nvidia N1X processor, which boasts a 20-thread Arm CPU running at a base clock of 2.81 GHz, is functioning within an HP system using the Ubuntu Linux distribution and has achieved notable scores of 3,096 in single-core and 18,837 in multi-core tests.

These results are significantly improved compared to earlier tests of N1X, suggesting that it is nearing a production-ready state. Comparisons with existing products are favorable; for instance, a Razer Blade 16 featuring an Intel Core i9-14900HX achieved slightly lower scores.

Further analysis reveals that this might be a 20-core chip aligned with Nvidia’s previous suggestions regarding its architecture in the DGX Spark system, hinting at potential for high performance akin to that of an RTX 5070.

The anticipation surrounding the Nvidia Arm-based chips remains high, particularly regarding their availability in consumer gaming laptops. There are ongoing rumors about a potential launch of an Alienware laptop integrated with the Nvidia chip by late 2025 or early 2026.

Although the current benchmarks were attained with a Linux OS, a transfer to Windows would likely occur in consumer models. Nvidia’s push for developers to support native Arm is seen as a significant factor in the future of PC gaming on this architecture.