Nvidia Arm chip surfaces with strong Geekbench scores, could rival top Intel and AMD laptop CPUs

Something to look forward to: A mysterious "Nvidia N1x" Arm processor recently appeared on Geekbench with a single-core score of 3,096 and an 18,837 multi-core score. The result provides some of the earliest concrete evidence of Nvidia's long-rumored upcoming SoC.

Word is that Nvidia has been developing an Arm-based processor for the past few years. Despite a teaser released last year in collaboration with Dell and the January unveiling of Nvidia's Arm workstation, a consumer-level product has yet to appear. However, a recent Geekbench score suggests that whatever Nvidia is working on might rival some of the best mobile processors currently available.

Reports that Nvidia is developing an Arm processor to rival Apple's M series and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X first emerged in 2023. Last year, Nvidia and Dell advised curious observers to stay tuned for updates, and Nvidia unveiled a $3,000 Arm-based mini ...