Nvidia N1X leak points to limited 2026 availability

While Nvidia isn’t entirely new to the Arm-powered SoC segment, it is yet to make inroads into the hotly-contested consumer laptop segment, where it will take on the likes of Qualcomm, Intel, AMD and Apple. The long-rumoured N1X chip is yet to surface officially, but a multitude of leaks have given us a decent idea about what Nvidia has lined up. Moore’s Law is Dead now tells us exactly when we can see the chip in action. 

Tom’s supply chain sources say Nvidia plans to show off the N1X at Computex, which will happen between June 2 and June 5 this year. Laptops with the hardware will launch in October, but wider availability won’t happen until early 2027. A previous report stated that the N1X platform was riddled with bugs, and apparently, that is still the case, which could be the cause of the delay. Furthermore, the N1X platform won’t be limited to thin-and-light laptops and could even power some Alienware gaming laptops.

An earlier Geekbench listing showed us the N1X would come with 10 P-cores and 10 E-cores, the same as the DGX Spark. Unlike the DGX Spark, the CPU has been co-designed with MediaTek—something hinted at by previous leaks. The chip will be support up to 128 GB of LPDDR5x-8533 RAM and be manufactured on an unspecified 3 nm node from TSMC. N3P seems like a likely candidate, but given how long the N1X has been in flux, N3E might also be plausible.

Its GPU is slated to pack some serious firepower, with Tom’s estimates stating it could sit between an RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti laptop, thanks to its 6,144 CUDA cores. All that performance will come with significant power requirements, with the chip’s TDP ranging from 65 to 120 Watts. That’s about how much AMD’s Strix Halo offerings consume under full load, and if the N1X’s performance estimates are accurate, they will offer much better GPU performance. 

Lastly, the N1X won’t be Nvidia’s only laptop chip this time around. A second variant called N1V was also spotted online, but there’s no information about its innards. Realistically, it could be a low-power N1X variant with fewer GPU cores and a lower TDP value, specifically made for thin-and-light laptops. This could be Nvidia’s Panther Lake/Gorgon Point competitor for the entry-level to mid-range segment.