The First Nvidia RTX Spark Laptops Cost Up to $7,000

The first wave of laptops built on Nvidia's RTX Spark chip is arriving with starting prices that rival a maxed-out MacBook Pro, and in some configurations, exceed it. Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra and RTX Spark machines from Dell, Lenovo, MSI, HP, and Asus begin at $2,599 for a baseline configuration: an 18-core CPU, 24GB of unified memory, and 512GB of storage, according to pricing reported by The Verge's Antonio G. Di Benedetto.

That entry price lands close to a similarly specced 14-inch MacBook Pro with Apple's M5 Pro chip, though Apple's base model includes double the storage at 1TB for a comparable cost. The comparison matters because Nvidia and its laptop partners are explicitly positioning RTX Spark machines as alternatives to Apple's high-end workstation line, chasing the same buyers who need heavy local compute for AI and creative workloads rather than cloud-dependent setups.

Prices climb sharply from there. Asus's ProArt P16 RTX Spark, in its most heavily configured form, pushes toward the top of the lineup's range, with reported configurations across the five partner brands reaching as high as $7,000 for the most powerful builds. That ceiling puts RTX Spark laptops in direct competition with Apple's priciest MacBook Pro configurations, which can also stretch into the same territory once buyers max out memory, storage, and chip tier.

The spread between $2,599 and $7,000 reflects how differently each manufacturer is packaging the same underlying Nvidia silicon. Dell, Lenovo, MSI, HP, and Asus are each shipping their own chassis, cooling, and memory tiers around the chip, meaning the RTX Spark name alone does not guarantee a consistent price or performance floor across the lineup. Buyers comparing listings will need to check each brand's specific configuration rather than assume parity based on the chip name alone.

Availability details and exact shipping dates for the full RTX Spark laptop lineup were still emerging at the time of The Verge's report, with pricing serving as the first concrete signal of how Nvidia and its partners plan to position these machines against Apple's silicon-driven laptop dominance.