NVIDIA could launch ARM-powered laptops later this year

June 4, 2025

NVIDIA is working on a powerful new laptop chip that could shake up the gaming world. Teaming up with MediaTek, NVIDIA is said to be building an Arm-based APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) that combines a fast processor and a strong graphics card into one chip. Let’s talk about the upcoming NVIDIA gaming chipset in detail.

Bringing ARM to serious gaming laptops

Back in early 2024, NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang said the company had plans for an Arm CPU in its AI supercomputer, Digits. Around the same time, Dell CEO Michael Dell teased that something big with NVIDIA was coming and said to “come back next year” for more info. Now that 2025 is near, those hints are starting to look very real. If the rumors are right, this chip could perform like an RTX 4070 laptop GPU while using much less power.

Finally a real alternative to Intel and AMD

Until now, top gaming laptops have all used x86 chips from Intel or AMD. But this new chip from NVIDIA could shake things up. It will mix a custom-built Arm CPU with a GPU based on NVIDIA’s new Blackwell graphics design. That’s a big deal because it means more speed and better power savings in one chip. And by combining both CPU and GPU into one unit, NVIDIA can make data move faster between the two, and save more energy, too.

This new APU is expected to perform like a laptop running an RTX 4070 graphics card, but it only needs around 80 to 120 watts to do it. That’s incredible considering most gaming laptops eat up way more power for the same kind of speed.

Built with MediaTek using custom CPU Cores

NVIDIA and MediaTek are designing this chip together, and it will likely use custom CPU cores, not the usual ones licensed directly from Arm. That’s exciting because it could let NVIDIA tune the chip for exactly what gamers need: fast performance and quick access to graphics and AI tools. It shows they’re aiming high and trying to do what Qualcomm hasn’t managed yet with Snapdragon chips.

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Right now, Windows on Arm isn’t great for gaming. Qualcomm’s chips need Microsoft’s Prism software to run regular games, and even then, performance and compatibility are all over the place. But if NVIDIA’s APU runs games better and maybe even natively, it could finally make Arm laptops good for gaming, not just light office work.

Expect it late 2025 or early 2026

The first laptop using this chip will likely be an Alienware device, and reports say it could launch by the end of 2025 or just into 2026. Given the timing and the tech involved, this could be one of the biggest hardware releases in years, especially if it really delivers RTX 4070-level gaming with half the power use.