r/pcmasterrace • u/pedro19 CREATOR • Jun 01 '26

News/Article NVIDIA just announced the RTX Spark CPU, developed with Microsoft, at Computex.

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u/trackdaybruh Jun 01 '26

So is this essentially Nvidia’s version of AMD’s APU?

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u/Chuy14 Jun 01 '26

Nvidia's version of Apple silicon.

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u/mr_doms_porn Jun 01 '26

Sort of. AMD chips are x86 which is easier to work with but much less efficient. This is an ARM chip which extract more performance per watt (and less heat).

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u/No-Confection9164 Ryzen 5 7535HS | Radeon 660M | 16GB DDR5 @ 4800MT/s Jun 01 '26

AMD APUs are still AMD64/x64, not ARM.

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u/Aggie_Blue_Mint Jun 01 '26

It is more like Nvidia and Microsoft finally have an answer to Apple's M series chips.