NVIDIA-Mediatek's joint venture looks ready to take on the mainstream desktop and laptop processors as we witness the first-ever glimpse of one of its N1 chips online.
NVIDIA N1X Yields Over 3,000 and 18,000 Single-Core and Multi-Core Points in Geekbench; NVIDIA's Mainstream CPU Looks Ready for its Rivals
Even though NVIDIA didn't showcase its N1 series CPUs at Computex, it should be no surprise to see one online. While it mostly focused on showcasing its DGX Spark system based on the GB10 Grace Blackwell superchip, it has plans to offer more affordable CPUs to the mainstream market.
Unlike the DGX Spark, the NVIDIA N1X won't be as powerful since they cater to the demands of the mainsteam consumers. Still, it appears that NVIDIA is planning to deliver the same number of ARM cores on the N1X as the GB10 as spotted on Geekbench (via @Olrak29_). NVIDIA's N1X is supposedly aimed for the desktop, while the N1 is for the mobile platform.
Previously, a core configuration of around 8 or 12 cores was expected, but it looks like the N1X is a GB10 variant, which boasts 10 Cortex-X925 and 10 Cortex-A725 Arm cores. The N1X superchip looks similar except that the core specification isn't revealed yet. The system used was supposedly from HP, running an Ubuntu 24.04.1 operating system and a system RAM of 128 GB. The base clock shown is 2.81 GHz, but detailed information suggests around 4 GHz of boost clock that helped achieve the N1X, a score of 3,096 points in single-core and 18,837 points in multicore tests.
Keep in mind that Geekbench 6 scores aren't too reliable, and it usually displays a big margin from test to test. Still, considering the first-ever benchmark of the N1X, it looks competitive to the current-gen AMD and Intel processors. The scores are in the same range as those of the Core Ultra series 2 and Zen 5-based Strix Halo processors, which are definitely impressive.
While NVIDIA hasn't talked about the N1 series yet, be ready to witness such benchmarks in the coming weeks. One would expect that NVIDIA will unveil these in a couple of months, but it's unlikely that the NVIDIA N1 series is going to be released this year.
News Source: Geekbench
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