Although compatibility is the main point of concern — Neelalojanan says “compatibility is going to be a key thing [with RTX Spark]” — pricing is another concern. Nvidia hasn’t revealed the starting configuration for RTX Spark, but given rising memory costs, higher-end configurations with a lot of memory will likely run several thousand dollars. Neelalojanan pointed to Wildcat Lake as an option for the budget market, which goes as low as 8 GB of single-channel memory.
We still have a few months before we see RTX Spark in action to evaluate how it compares to Intel’s Panther Lake, AMD’s Gorgon and Strix Point, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 chips. Nvidia says RTX Spark designs will arrive in the fall.
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Gururu If it was going to smash x86 performance I am sure we would have seen some independent benchmarks by now, leaked or sponsored. Havent seen any SKUs for desktops other than minis. Reply
usertests At the expected pricing for N1X systems, little paranoia is needed. Maybe the N1 non-X will be more reasonable, idk. Reply
Giroro Doesn't Nvidia already own a significant stake in Intel? Regardless, Jensen could personally buy a majority stake in that company in 5 seconds, with his pocket change. Reply
Pierce2623 Gururu said: If it was going to smash x86 performance I am sure we would have seen some independent benchmarks by now, leaked or sponsored. Havent seen any SKUs for desktops other than minis. It’s already very well known what ARM X925 and A725 core architectures are capable of. This is the same chip as their mini-PC that was stuck on their special Linux distribution. Reply
Gururu Pierce2623 said: It’s already very well known what ARM X925 and A725 core architectures are capable of. This is the same chip as their mini-PC that was stuck on their special Linux distribution. So I guess the rollout didnt need a lot of explanation? What am I missing? Is this the new Messiah or a simply a gimmick? Reply
Pierce2623 Gururu said: So I guess the rollout didnt need a lot of explanation? What am I missing? Is this the new Messiah or a simply a gimmick? The performance is generally close to Intel and AMD in ARM native apps at about the same efficiency as Panthet Lake or Zen5 but performance and efficiency fall off a cliff when having to go through an x86 to ARM translation layer. Reply
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