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Dell has a new XPS 16 Creator Edition laptop powered by the Nvidia RTX Spark chip. The laptop is now available for pre-order at Best Buy for $3,799.99, with the first units expected to arrive on October 16. Dell will also sell it through its own website, though it hasn’t confirmed when orders will open there.
The listed configuration comes with an 18-core Nvidia N1X chip with 5,120 GPU cores, 32 GB of unified LPDDR5X memory and a 512 GB PCIe SSD. Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform supports up to 20 CPU cores, 6,144 GPU cores and 128 GB of unified memory.
Dell hasn’t shared prices for higher configurations or markets outside the US. Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops were already tipped to cost more than many people expected, and the XPS 16’s price falls in line with those earlier reports.
Display, design and ports
The XPS 16 Creator Edition has a 16-inch 3.2K Tandem OLED touchscreen with a resolution of 3,200 x 2,000 pixels and a variable refresh rate of up to 120 Hz. Dell lists HDR True Black 600 support, full DCI-P3 coverage, and a Delta E below 2, along with Pantone Verified certification.
The laptop measures 17.8 mm thick and weighs around 2.02 kg (4.45 lb). Its body is made from CNC-machined aluminum, while the glass touchpad sits above a 99 Wh battery.
For connectivity, Dell has included three USB4 ports with DisplayPort 2.1 and Power Delivery support, an HDMI 2.1b port, a full-size SDXC v7.1 card reader, and a 3.5 mm audio jack. The built-in card reader and HDMI port mean users can connect a camera card or external monitor without needing an adapter. Wireless connectivity includes Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0.
The unified memory architecture also means the CPU and GPU share the same pool of memory rather than having separate allocations. This can help with workloads that move large amounts of data between the processor and graphics hardware, although the available memory is limited to 32 GB on this configuration.
How it compares with the Asus ProArt P16
Dell now has some competition in the RTX Spark laptop market. Asus launched the ProArt P16 and P14 with Nvidia RTX Spark this week, while MSI’s Prestige N16 Flip AI+ is another creator laptop built around the same platform.
The 16-inch Asus ProArt P16 comes with up to a 20-core Grace CPU, a 6,144-core Blackwell GPU, 128 GB of unified memory and 2 TB of storage. Its display also has the paper edge, with a 3,840 x 2,400 OLED panel and HDR brightness of up to 1,600 nits. The Dell has a lower-resolution screen with a lower HDR brightness rating, and it weighs more at 2.02 kg compared with the Asus model’s 1.77 kg (3.9 lb). Their battery capacities are roughly the same.
Price is another major difference. The ProArt P16 starts at $2,799.99 in the US, making Asus’s entry-level model $1,000 cheaper than the XPS 16 Creator Edition. Microsoft has also entered the market with its Surface Laptop Ultra, which was announced on October 8 with Nvidia RTX Spark and up to 128 GB of memory.
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