NVIDIA DGX Spark “AI Supercomputer” Delivers Solid Gaming Performance Too, Over 175 FPS In Cyberpunk 2077 With Path Tracing Thanks To DLSS 4 MFG

NVIDIA's DGX Spark, a powerful AI Mini PC, also delivers solid gaming performance in titles such as Cyberpunk 2077, thanks to DLSS 4 MFG.

NVIDIA DGX Spark Is Also Good At Gaming, Delivering Superb Performance In Cyberpunk 2077 With Path Tracing

NVIDIA's DGX Spark Mini PCs, often referred to as tiny AI supercomputers, have been a game-changer for the Green Team. They are the closest the company has been to offering a traditional desktop-grade PC, & ever since the first Spark systems started to roll out, users have been running some interesting workloads such as games, which the Mini PC isn't technically designed for.

The DGX Spark system comes from various OEMs, including NVIDIA itself. The prices vary, with the cheapest system currently listed at $3,144, a decent cut versus the traditional $4000 US price tag that the system goes for. All systems have one key component, and that's the GB10 Superchip. This chiplet design features 20 ARM cores, a Blackwell GPU with 6144 cores, and supports 128 GB LPDDR5X memory, driving small to medium-sized models with ease. The chip is rated at 140W, and for more details, you can read the deep dive here.

The GPU is really interesting since it features the same amount of CUDA Cores as the RTX 5070 and has access to a larger, albeit slower (273 GB/s vs 672 GB/s), memory pool. RTX 5070 only packs 12 GB VRAM versus the GB10's GPU, which has access to the 128 GB pool, not 96 GB like other systems, such as Strix Halo 128 GB configs. Since the GPU is on the same die, it has thermal and power constraints, so we can't fully compare it with the desktop or laptop-grade discrete chips.

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Now, running games on the DGX Spark requires some work since it's based on the DGX OS. The ARM & Linux combo means that there are several emulation layers that the chip has to work through, and this would mean that gaming on the system might not be a breeze; however, NVIDIA themselves have shared an easy guide to run one of the most graphics-intensive titles on the system, Cyberpunk 2077.

According to the guide published by NV_Tim at the NVIDIA subreddit, the game can be played on the DGX Spark with DLSS 4, Ray Tracing, and even MFG (Multi-Frame Generation) enabled. Earlier, users tried to run Cyberpunk 2077 on DGX Spark but weren't able to enable ray tracing or DLSS, and the overall performance averaged around 50 FPS at 1080p with Medium settings.

The new guide essentially helps gamers to play Linux-based games with properly configured software and settings. The process is simple, and we have listed it below for those of you who have a Spark system and want to try to see its gaming potential:

Here are instructions to run the in-game benchmark on DGX Spark with DLSS 4, ray tracing and  Multi-Frame Generation enabled:

1. Complete Automated Steam & FEX installer for Ubuntu on arm64
   • Installation steps @ https://github.com/esullivan-nvidia/fex_autoinstall
   • wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/esullivan-nvidia/fex_autoinstall/refs/heads/main/fex_autoinstall_poc.sh && bash fex_autoinstall_poc.sh
   • FEXBash steam
2. Login to your Steam account and download Cyberpunk 2077.
3. Before starting Cyberpunk 2077, right click on the game in the steam library -> properties -> compatibility -> choose “force the use of a specific steam play compatibility tool” -> Proton 10.0-2 (beta).
4. Run the Cyberpunk2077 in-game benchmark by going to settings -> graphics -> run benchmark. After enabling Frame Generation or Ray Tracing, be sure to restart the game for settings to take effect. 

Note: Ensure no background applications are running during benchmarking for accurate results.

The result is that the NVIDIA DGX Spark delivers over 175 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 with high settings, ray tracing set to Ultra (Path Tracing), and DLSS 4 MFG enabled. That's much better than the 50 FPS that were possible previously.

For comparison, the AMD Strix Halo SoC manages around 90 FPS at 1080p with the same high settings, but these numbers are with FSR 3 frame generation enabled and without ray tracing. With RT set to High, the Strix Halo system drops down to 40-50 FPS with frame-gen enabled, which means that the NVIDIA DGX Spark is offering mighty good performance versus similar styled AI / Halo chips.

Based on what we have heard, the NVIDIA DGX Spark should be able to perform great, even at higher resolutions such as 1440p, due to lower CPU-related bottlenecks. The other thing is that as CPU usage becomes lower at higher resolutions, more power can be diverted to the GPU, leading to better graphics performance. In the future, NVIDIA is likely to further improve and optimize the DGX Spark system, which should lead to even better utilization of the GPU core, leading to better AI and gaming capabilities.

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