NVIDIA’s next conquest, after what feels like years of rumors, is laptops. No, I’m not talking about mobile RTX graphics cards. This is an entirely new processor designed to run Windows on Arm.
The rumors really kicked off in 2023 when NVIDIA was reported to be weighing its options regarding an ARM SoC designed for Windows PCs, and in July 2025, we got a much more significant leak in the form of a Geekbench OpenCL benchmark listing. Earlier this week, we covered a DigiTimes report suggesting that supply chains are gearing up to launch laptops featuring the NVIDIA N1X chip in Q1 2026.
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On one of Lenovo’s “Legion Space” public webpages, support for its software includes a long list of applicable Legion gaming laptops. Included in the listings are the regular collection of Intel and AMD configurations, but there’s something there that’s not like the others.
A Legion 7 15N1X11 stands out as the only product to not feature the usual “I” (for Intel) or “A” (for AMD) product number. That can’t be anything other than NVIDIA’s N1X SoC.
Huang514613 follows up the original leak with another X post listing other “known N1 products from Lenovo.” These include:
- Ideapad Slim 5 14N1V11
- Ideapad Slim 5 16N1V11
- Yoga Pro 7 15N1V11
- Yoga Pro 7 15N1X11
- Yoga 9 2-in-1 16N1X11
These leaks ultimately fly in the face of assumptions that NVIDIA’s N1X was a chip designed for use in desktop PCs. It could very well still be found in desktops, but the fact that it’s arriving for laptops — including a 15-inch Legion 7 and a 16-inch Yoga 9 2-in-1 — is exciting, to say the least.
So far, we can only go on leaked and rumored specs to flesh out the N1X. But what we do know bodes well for mobile PC gaming, creation, and AI workloads.
If the N1X is indeed the same chip used in NVIDIA’s DGX Spark, we’re looking at 20 ARM cores and an integrated Blackwell graphics chip with 6,144 CUDA cores. That’s enough to theoretically place its performance alongside the desktop-class RTX 5070. If true, the N1X would be among the fastest iGPUs available in any laptop.
Aligning with rumors of an N1X launch in early 2026, Microsoft has been busy preparing a significant Windows 11 26H1 update. It’s a full OS upgrade that moves Windows from the Germanium platform release to Bromine, unlocking platform changes required for Snapdragon X2 and NVIDIA N1X.
Microsoft also rolled out public support for the Xbox PC app on Windows on Arm this week, noting that its Prism emulation layer now supports 85% of games available through the subscription.
(via Videocardz)
Are you excited to see what NVIDIA’s N1 and N1X chips can do for laptop performance? What about gaming performance with Windows on Arm? Let us know in the comments section!
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