{"slug": "nvidia-rtx-spark-laptop-found-on-roadside-gets-reviewed-before-official-launch", "title": "NVIDIA RTX Spark Laptop Found on Roadside Gets Reviewed Before Official Launch", "summary": "A TechPowerUp forum user who goes by Fouquin posted an in-depth review of the upcoming Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra featuring the NVIDIA RTX Spark Arm-based SoC, after finding the laptop on the roadside. The user updated the graphics drivers to NVIDIA preview version 616.00, enabling CUDA support for the Blackwell GPU, and tested the top-end Spark variant with 6,144 cores and a 20-core CPU using the Phoronix test suite.", "body_md": "A long-time TechPowerUp forum user who goes by Fouquin [just posted a surprisingly in-depth review of the upcoming Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra](https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/i%E2%80%99ve-spent-a-month-with-nvidia%E2%80%99s-rtx-spark-in-microsoft%E2%80%99s-surface-laptop-ultra.351087/), featuring the NVIDIA RTX Spark Arm-based SoC. In a bizarre stroke of luck, the user says that he found the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra on the side of the road and decided to pick it up \"assuming it was trash.\"\n\nWhile the review is not an official TechPowerUp review, so it cannot be directly compared to our existing benchmarks for other laptops and CPUs, the user has done surprisingly thorough testing of the Laptop Ultra using the Phoronix test suite. While the Surface Laptop Ultra in question was running very old graphics drivers initially, Fouquin was able to update the drivers to NVIDIA preview version 616.00, which added CUDA support for the built-in Blackwell GPU. The version of the Spark SoC present in the test unit is the top-end [variant with 6,144 cores and a 20-core CPU](https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/n1x-48sm.c4410).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-rtx-spark-laptop-found-on-roadside-gets-reviewed-before-official-launch", "canonical_source": "https://www.techpowerup.com/351122/nvidia-rtx-spark-laptop-found-on-roadside-gets-reviewed-before-official-launch", "published_at": "2026-07-27 22:12:27+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-27 22:29:51.235811+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-chips", "ai-products"], "entities": ["TechPowerUp", "Fouquin", "Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra", "NVIDIA RTX Spark", "NVIDIA", "Blackwell GPU", "Phoronix"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-rtx-spark-laptop-found-on-roadside-gets-reviewed-before-official-launch", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-rtx-spark-laptop-found-on-roadside-gets-reviewed-before-official-launch.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-rtx-spark-laptop-found-on-roadside-gets-reviewed-before-official-launch.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-rtx-spark-laptop-found-on-roadside-gets-reviewed-before-official-launch.jsonld"}}