At Computex 2026, Asus has put its weight behind a new generation of laptops and desktops built around Nvidia's RTX Spark platform, the kind of hardware meant to run AI models on the machine on your desk rather than in a distant data centre. The change is quiet but significant: a generation that once required a network round trip can now begin on the device itself, and users may increasingly decide for themselves how much of their work leaves the room. Whether the promised speed and memory prove out in ordinary hands remains to be seen, and Indian buyers must wait for their own prices and date
Asus Unveils RTX Spark ProArt Laptops and Zenni Claw AI Assistant at Computex 2026
The model lives on your laptop, not on someone else's server.
Mark
Asus showed a lot at Computex. What's the one thing to take away?
Mimi
The ProArt P16 and P14. They're Asus's first machines on Nvidia's RTX Spark, with up to 1 petaflop of AI performance and 128GB of unified memory, so models run on the laptop itself.
Mark
Why does 128GB matter so much?
Mimi
Big models eat memory. The report frames 128GB as the point where you stop compromising on which model you load.
Luke
Careful, though. The petaflop figure is Asus's own number, "up to," and at FP4 precision. Nothing here is independently tested.
Mark
And the near-instant image generation?
Luke
Same thing. It's a claim. No benchmarks or timings are given.
Mimi
Fair. What is concrete is the hardware spec: 6,144 CUDA cores, a 20-core Grace CPU, NVLink-C2C between them.
Mark
What about Zenni Claw?
Mimi
Its routing is the interesting part. It decides whether a task runs locally or in the cloud, which Asus says cuts waiting and keeps more data on the device.
Luke
Which tasks stay local, and how it decides, isn't explained. "A lot less data leaving" is a promise, not a measurement.
Mark
And for readers in India?
Luke
No pricing or availability yet for any of these. The only date is fall 2026 for the ProArt colours, in select markets.
O Pulso
- Asus's first RTX Spark machines, the ProArt P16 and P14, promise up to 1 petaflop of on-device AI and 128GB of unified memory, pushing creator laptops into territory once reserved for servers.
- The line is breaking from its long silver-grey look, with Nano Black and Neo White arriving in select markets this fall.
- Zenni Claw tries to decide, task by task, whether work runs locally or in the cloud, aiming to cut waiting and keep more personal data on the device.
- Speed claims for image generation remain Asus's own assertion, and Indian pricing and availability for the full lineup are still unannounced.
At Computex 2026, Asus has put its weight behind a new generation of laptops and desktops built around Nvidia's RTX Spark platform, the kind of hardware meant to run AI models on the machine on your desk rather than in a distant data centre. The change is quiet but significant: a generation that once required a network round trip can now begin on the device itself, and users may increasingly decide for themselves how much of their work leaves the room. Whether the promised speed and memory prove out in ordinary hands remains to be seen, and Indian buyers must wait for their own prices and dates.
Asus arrived at Computex 2026 with a crowded booth and a clear centrepiece: the ProArt P16 and P14, its first machines built on Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip. The idea is simple to state. The AI model runs on the laptop itself, so there is no waiting for a response to travel back and forth over the network. Behind that idea sits an unusual pairing of a Blackwell GPU with a 20-core Grace CPU, joined by an interconnect normally kept for data centres. Asus quotes up to 1 petaflop and 128GB of unified memory, a figure that matters because large models hungry for memory are where ordinary laptops start to fail.
The software follows that ambition, with creative tools for images and video and a new Nano Black and Neo White palette that finally moves away from silver-grey. The same stack also appears in a compact ProArt Mini PC.
For everyday users, the story is more modest: Zenbook, Vivobook, and a new V-series of furniture-like desktops, along with a return to tablets through the Asus Pad. The most personal piece may be Zenni Claw, an assistant that chooses between local and cloud processing so that tasks run faster and less data leaves the device. Indian buyers, however, will have to wait, as pricing and availability for the whole lineup remain unannounced.
Asus arrived at Computex 2026 with a crowded booth, and the centerpiece is a pair of creator laptops: the ProArt P16 (H7607) and the ProArt P14 (H7407). They are the first Asus machines built on Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip, the same platform behind the first wave of Windows PCs designed around AI agents. The practical point is that the model runs on the laptop itself rather than on a remote server, so there is no waiting for a generation to come back over the network.
The silicon is unusual. Asus has paired a Blackwell RTX GPU, with 6,144 CUDA cores and fifth-generation Tensor Cores running FP4 precision, to a 20-core Nvidia Grace CPU. The two connect over NVLink-C2C, an interconnect Nvidia normally keeps for data centre work. Asus quotes up to 1 petaflop of AI performance and 128GB of unified memory. The memory figure may matter most: large models consume it quickly, and 128GB is roughly where users stop having to choose which model to load.
The software is built around that capacity. ProArt Creator Hub manages how the system allocates resources, while MuseTree and StoryCube handle generative image and video work. MuseTree runs on Black Forest Labs' FLUX, and the ProArts are among the first machines to support FLUX.2, optimised on the RTX hardware with NVFP4. Asus claims near-instant image generation, which is the company's assertion rather than a tested result. The Lumina Pro OLED panel reaches 1,600 nits peak HDR brightness at 120Hz, with VRR and an anti-reflection coating. For the first time the line leaves its silver-grey palette, arriving in anti-smudge Nano Black and Neo White in select markets in fall 2026. The same stack also goes into a ProArt Mini PC with the full 1 petaflop, up to 128GB, and 140W of thermal headroom, in a 150 × 150 × 51 mm chassis with 10GbE and an M.2 PCIe Gen 5 x4 slot.
For everyday buyers, the Zenbook 14 declines to pick a chip: the same chassis ships with Intel, AMD, or Snapdragon. It weighs 1.1kg in Ceraluminum, comes in Arctic Blue and Komodo Coral, lasts 21+ hours on battery, and its NPU peaks at 50 TOPS. The Vivobook S14 and S16 go the other way, using Snapdragon X only, with a 45 TOPS NPU and a 30W TDP performance mode. The 16-inch has an 89% screen-to-body ratio. The 14-inch starts at 1.28kg, runs more than 25 hours, and charges to 60% in 49 minutes. Flip variants add a 360-degree hinge, 2K OLED touch, and Asus Pen 3.0 support, at 1.41kg and 1.60kg.
The new V-series tries to make desktops look like furniture. The V700 Mini Tower (V701ML) swaps gamer-black for wood-grain finishes and softer contours, with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9, DDR5, 2TB of PCIe 4.0 storage, and optional GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics. The V200 AiO (VM240FA) is the entry model, with an AMD Ryzen 5 40 and AI noise cancellation for video calls. The V400 AiO (VM471QA) is a 27-inch Snapdragon all-in-one.
Asus is also returning to tablets after years without a serious one. The Asus Pad (T3201) uses MediaTek's Dimensity 8300 and a 12.2-inch 2.8K dual-layer OLED at 144Hz. It is 6.5mm thick and weighs 523g, with a magnalium body, fiberglass back, four Dolby Atmos speakers, and a 9,000mAh battery that reaches 50% in half an hour. ASUS GlideX, Google Circle to Search, and facial login are built in.
Then there is Zenni Claw, the assistant Asus hopes ordinary users will actually open. It installs in three steps, has a stripped-back interface, and ships with ready-made skills for work, daily planning, and travel. Its notable feature is routing: it decides on the fly whether a task runs locally or in the cloud, which Asus says means less waiting and less data leaving the laptop. Alongside it, eligible Asus buyers get three months of Goodnotes Essential and a discount on the app's premium AI features and templates.
Indian buyers will have to wait. There is no word yet on pricing or availability in India for the ProArt, Zenbook, Vivobook, V-series, or Asus Pad.
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Zenni Claw decides on the fly whether to handle a task locally or send it to the cloud, which Asus says means less waiting and less data leaving the laptop.— Asus, as described at Computex 2026
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