Asus reveals pro-grade Mac Studio rival mini PC: Nvidia RTX Spark, 140W cooling, 128GB RAM

[Redaktion]

Asus has introduced the ultra-compact ProArt Mini PC at Computex 2026, featuring the Nvidia RTX Spark superchip. Designed for developers and creators, this 150x150x51mm PC offers 1 petaflop of AI performance, 128GB of unified memory, 10GbE networking, and PCIe Gen 5 expansion, making it a professional-grade solution for local generative AI and 3D rendering.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-reveals-pro-grade-Mac-Studio-rival-mini-PC-Nvidia-RTX-Spark-140W-cooling-128GB-RAM.1312257.0.html

[Norman343]

What are the retail prices and expected availability date(s)?

[RobertJasiek]

Astronomical, therefore undisclosed.

[Sergey]

"retail prices and expected availability" - since these are all paper launches, we have no specifics yet. It could be late 2026. It could be early 2027. Pricing-wise, for machines with the top Spark chip, I don't think you are looking at less than 1.5K USD but don't quote me on that.

[wrong, not yet a rival]

Asus 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.