RTX Spark N1X doubles MacBook Pro in first local agent benchmark

Artificial Analysis's first AA-AgentPerf-Local results show NVIDIA's RTX Spark N1X laptop finishing agent workloads in 18.7 minutes, twice as fast as a MacBook Pro, though it costs about $5,900; more weight formats including 4-bit quantization and Metal speculative decoding are planned.

2026-10-16 ~ 2026-10-16 · 4 related posts

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• First local agent benchmark for NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X: 27B in 18.7 minutes — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-10-16
• Artificial Analysis to add 4-bit formats and Splash Metal engine to agent benchmark — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-10-16