Computex 2026 is officially underway in Taipei, and the push for AI-capable hardware is taking a significant step forward. Asus has announced its latest generation of ProArt creator PCs, and the big story isn’t just the sleek new chassis designs; it’s the silicon inside. The new ProArt P16 and ProArt P14 are among the first Windows machines to run on Nvidia’s new RTX Spark superchip.
Asus ProArt P16 & ProArt P14 Specifications
If you’ve been following the AI PC trend, you know the bottleneck for running heavy AI models locally has largely been memory and compute power. Nvidia’s RTX Spark seems designed to brute-force past that. The chip combines a 20-core Nvidia Grace CPU with a Blackwell-architecture RTX GPU (featuring 6,144 CUDA cores and FP4 Tensor Cores). These are linked together using Nvidia’s NVLink-C2C interconnect, allowing the system to support up to 128GB of unified memory.
That unified memory architecture is a big deal for Windows PCs. It allows the system to dedicate massive amounts of RAM to the GPU, which is exactly what you need to run large language models (LLMs) locally without relying on the cloud. Asus claims these machines can handle 120-billion-parameter LLMs with up to a 1 million token context window. For creative professionals, the company says the hardware can chew through 12K video editing, render 90GB 3D scenes, and generate 4K AI video on the device.
Software makers are apparently taking note of the new architecture. Adobe is reportedly rewriting Photoshop and Premiere Pro from the ground up specifically for RTX Spark, which Asus says will yield twice the performance for AI and graphics tasks.
As for the laptops themselves, Asus has refined the chassis. The 16-inch ProArt P16 and 14-inch ProArt P14 are CNC-milled and available in standard black or a new Neo White finish. They are slightly more portable this year, with the P16 coming in 13% thinner and 16% lighter than the previous generation.
Both models use Asus’ Lumina Pro OLED panels, which feature an anti-reflective coating and can reach a peak brightness of 1,600 nits. The 16-inch model includes a 4K panel with a 120Hz variable refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync support, while the 14-inch version uses a 3K display. Asus has also included haptic trackpads and maxed out the battery capacity at 99.9 Wh.
Asus hasn’t announced pricing for the new ProArt P16 and P14 yet. Given the inclusion of 128GB of unified memory and a new class of Nvidia silicon, it is safe to expect them to sit at the higher end of the market when they become available this fall.
In related news, Asus unveils a 24.5-inch esports monitor with a blazing-fast 540Hz Tandem OLED panel and 0.02ms response time.
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