Dell Alienware gaming laptop with Nvidia N1X APU reportedly coming in 2026
Nvidia is set to challenge Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite APUs for Windows next year. Armed with 20 CPU cores spread across two clusters and an iGPU with more than 6,000 CUDA cores, the Nvidia N1X has the potential to become the most powerful APU to ever feature inside Windows laptops, even beating out the powerful AMD Strix Halo.
It seems this proposition intrigues Dell, as a rumor has now claimed that an Alienware laptop featuring the Nvidia N1X will debut in 2026. The news comes to us via Moore’s Law Is Dead.
Nvidia N1X ARM APU release date
We previously reported that the Nvidia N1X was delayed to 2026. One of MLID’s “Major OEM” sources claims that the Nvidia N1X and the N1 products will be released by mid-2026. These APUs are reportedly meant for Windows laptops, but there is a chance that Nvidia will also release the APUs for desktops.
An “Nvidia Partner” source told MLID that the Nvidia N1X APU “will be released to consumers by Q2 for sure”. The reasoning for this assertion is that there is apparently a 16-inch Dell Alienware gaming laptop that is powered by the Nvidia N1X. Dell is reportedly targeting a Q1 2026 launch for this laptop.
The Nvidia N1X is shaping up to be quite a capable APU, at least from the GPU side. With more CUDA cores than an RTX 5070 laptop GPU, the Nvidia N1X could prove to be the fastest gaming iGPU on the Windows side, a title currently held by the Radeon 8060S of the AMD Strix Halo Ryzen AI Max+ 395.
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