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NVIDIA RTX Spark Superchip Outperforms Apple M5 Max in AI Benchmarks

NVIDIA's RTX Spark Superchip in the Surface Laptop Ultra outperforms Apple's M5 Max by ~25% in agentic AI benchmarks using Qwen models. Adobe has rearchitected Photoshop and Premiere to leverage the new platform.

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Timeline · 4 reports

  1. 2026-10-15 13:00 · Engadget
    NVIDIA's RTX Spark is good for Windows, even if you don't need local AI
  2. 2026-10-15 12:45 · Techmeme
    Nvidia's RTX Spark Superchip in the Surface Laptop Ultra outperforms Apple's M5 Max MacBook Pro by ~25% in agentic AI completion benchmarks using Qwen models
  3. 2026-10-15 12:00 · Tom's Hardware
    We tested the RTX Spark Superchip in Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra
  4. 2026-10-15 12:00 · Engadget
    Adobe rebuilt Photoshop and Premiere for NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform

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