ASUS ProArt P16 and P14 Bring Arm-Based RTX Workstation Power to Creators at Computex

At Computex on Monday, ASUS announced two laptops that fill a gap Windows on Arm has had since it began: the ProArt P16 and the ProArt P14. They are the company's first machines built on NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform, which pairs an Arm-based N1x CPU with Blackwell RTX graphics and unified memory. The Windows Central writer covering the launch has argued for months that Windows on Arm was about to reach a second gear. The reason, in his telling, is that most of the attention so far has gone to thin and light devices, while high-performance creator workstations with Windows app compatibility were missing.

The platform is the same one used in Microsoft's new Surface Laptop Ultra, and it comes out of a collaboration among Microsoft, ASUS, and NVIDIA. The top P16 configuration has up to 6,144 Blackwell RTX cores and 128GB of unified LPDDR5X memory. According to the report, that combination delivers 1 petaflop of AI performance, enough to run complex models locally instead of sending work to the cloud. The writer says current Qualcomm Snapdragon X devices do not compete in this territory. He describes the target buyer as a niche professional who renders complex 3D geometry or trains local AI models while traveling.

The displays carry ASUS's Lumina Pro OLED branding. The P16 has a 16-inch, 16:10 4K Tandem OLED touchscreen with peak brightness up to 1,600 nits. The P14 uses a 3K HDR panel running at 120Hz. Both cover 100% of the DCI-P3 gamut and are Pantone validated, with color accuracy of Delta E below 1.

The physical dimensions are a selling point too. The P16 is 12.9 mm thick and weighs 1.77 kg (3.9 lbs). The report compares that with the 2026 MacBook Pro 16, which it lists at 2.15 kg (4.73 lbs) and 16.8 mm. The top deck is CNC-machined aluminum.

Cooling differs by model. The H7607BA uses what ASUS calls Ambient Cooling, with a vapor chamber and a stealth air outlet design meant to shed heat quietly. The performance-oriented H7607IA simplifies the perforations and centers its design on dual linear side intakes for peak thermal performance under heavy load. Every model uses Thermal Grizzly liquid metal compound, which the report says lowers CPU temperatures compared with standard paste. A built-in dust filter and an inward airflow design are meant to keep the CPU efficient during long renders and intensive 3D work.

A large part of the pitch is local AI. ASUS is launching an agent platform called Zenni Claw, designed as an orchestrator that routes tasks between local hardware and the cloud as needed. With up to 128GB of RAM, the machines can run multi-gigabyte neural network models such as Stable Diffusion through ComfyUI, so users could generate marketing assets or edit video without an internet connection. The writer also highlights containment, which sandboxes agents so they reach only the data the user permits, cannot interfere with the operating system's core integrity, and leave their activity visible to the user.

The writer's view is that the machines help Qualcomm rather than threaten it, because they show Windows on Arm can scale from ultra-portable tablets to workstations with 128GB of RAM. He points to ASUS's wider range, which includes a military-grade 13-inch tablet, the PZ14, and says that variety is what could persuade professional industries to move away from x86.

Much is still open. There is no firm pricing, with the report citing volatility in the markets for high-density RAM and storage. ASUS is targeting release later this year, as is the case for all NVIDIA N1x laptops. The performance figures come from a launch-day opinion piece and have not been independently tested, so the real question of whether creators will leave the MacBook Pro waits for review units.