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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on June 02, 2026, 19:34:04

Title: Microsoft reveals new Mac Studio rival with Nvidia RTX Spark and 128 GB RAM
Post by: Redaktion on June 02, 2026, 19:34:04
Microsoft has revealed a new Surface-branded device featuring the Nvidia RTX Spark chipset. Arriving a day after the Surface Laptop Ultra, the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is a mini-PC with 128 GB of RAM and more ports than its laptop counterpart.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-reveals-new-Mac-Studio-rival-with-Nvidia-RTX-Spark-and-128-GB-RAM.1313672.0.html
Title: Re: Microsoft reveals new Mac Studio rival with Nvidia RTX Spark and 128 GB RAM
Post by: wrong, not yet a rival on June 02, 2026, 20:08:55
QuoteAsus reveals pro-grade Mac Studio rival mini PC: Nvidia RTX Spark
Not a rival: A NVIDIA Spark is based on a NVIDIA's GB10 chip (273 GB/s) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwell_(microarchitecture)#Blackwell_dies), while a Mac Studio is/was based on Apple's M4 Max (up to 546 GB/s) or M3 Ultra (819.3 GB/s) chips.

Unfortunately Apple doesn't sell higher RAM configs anymore:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Studio: "Configurable up to 512 GB until March 4, 2026;[30] 256 GB until May 5, 2026[31]".

If the Spark had 192 GB or 256 GB RAM configs, then, even with the lower GB/s, one might call it a rival, because at least then it would have more RAM than a Mac Studio.
Title: Re: Microsoft reveals new Mac Studio rival with Nvidia RTX Spark and 128 GB RAM
Post by: It is a rival on June 02, 2026, 22:45:43
That is outdated info.

The maximum you can configure the M4 max is 64 GB and for M3 ultra it's 96 GB now.

So RTX spark is fine.

You finished trolling?
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