Gigabyte takes on Mac Studio with a tiny AI PC powered by Nvidia RTX Spark

Gigabyte has launched the AI Top Aero, a mini PC designed for local AI development, content creation, and, in the future, gaming. The system is powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform, combining an Nvidia Blackwell GPU with an Arm-based Grace CPU in a chassis with a volume of roughly one liter.

The AI Top Aero is built around RTX Spark N1X Superchip, which integrates a 20-core Nvidia Grace CPU with an Blackwell RTX GPU featuring 6,144 CUDA cores. Configurations offer up to 128 GB of LPDDR5X unified memory and up to a 4 TB PCIe 5.0 SSD. Nvidia rates the platform at up to 1 petaflop of FP4 AI performance, providing enough resources for running AI models and applications locally without relying on cloud services.

Gigabyte positions the AI Top Aero as a “Personal AI Studio.” The desktop supports a range of local AI development tools and applications, including LM Studio, Ollama, and Nvidia Nemotron models. Developers can use the CUDA platform to build, test, fine-tune, and run AI models. The system also supports Nvidia PAIR (Personal AI Router), which can distribute inference tasks across available devices on a local network.

For creators, the system supports RTX-accelerated tools and workflows, including AI-generated assets and video processing. Gigabyte also highlights Nvidia Broadcast and RTX Video technologies as ways to improve media quality and streamline content production.

Gigabyte also highlights the system’s gaming capabilities, including support for Nvidia DLSS 5 in compatible titles. However, first reviews of the RTX Spark platform suggest that gaming is not yet its strongest feature. Some games fail to launch, while others experience crashes and compatibility problems. But the situation will probably improve over time.

Gigabyte says the compact chassis and its cooling design are intended to keep temperatures under control during sustained AI inference and other demanding workloads, while providing enough thermal headroom for a system small enough for a desk, studio, or office. Connectivity includes USB Type-C, 10 GbE Ethernet, and Wi-Fi 7.

The Gigabyte AI Top Aero launched today, November 10, 2026. Gigabyte has not disclosed its price. However, a similar model, the Gigabyte AI Top Atom, starts at $4,999 for the version with 64 GB of memory and a 2 TB SSD.