NVIDIA is preparing to disrupt the PC processor landscape with its upcoming N1X chip, engineered with 20 Arm-based CPU cores and a robust integrated graphics unit. The company is targeting the emerging Windows 11 Arm Copilot+ ecosystem, following Qualcomm´s recent momentum and aligning with Microsoft´s ambitions to bring new silicon vendors—such as NVIDIA and MediaTek—into the market for next-generation Artificial Intelligence PCs.
Details about the N1X surfaced via a Geekbench 6.4.0 online benchmark listing. A test machine powered by the new chip logged an impressive 46361 points in the OpenCL benchmark, underscoring the hardware´s high-performance aspirations. The benchmark identifies 20 CPU cores and an integrated graphics processor exposing 48 compute units, known technically as streaming multiprocessors, for parallel GPU computation—a configuration likely derived from NVIDIA´s Blackwell architecture.
The N1X´s CPU arrangement points to a heterogeneous multi-core design, suggesting not all of its 20 cores are identical—potentially mixing performance and efficiency cores, in line with industry trends. The standout metric is its integrated graphics: 48 Blackwell-class streaming multiprocessors, matching the capabilities of the desktop-class GeForce RTX 5070, yet optimized for an SoC environment. This positions the N1X to directly challenge Apple´s M-Pro and M-Max platforms, as well as advanced x86 solutions like AMD´s Ryzen AI Max ´Strix Halo.´ Upon launch, its iGPU could claim the title of fastest in its class, signaling NVIDIA´s intent to lead in Arm-based Artificial Intelligence-capable PCs.
