A Taiwanese media outlet reports that Nvidia and MediaTek will work together to launch a gaming APU. It is said to have a TDP of 65 Watts and will use a Blackwell-based GPU.

Last week, we got our first look at a mysterious Nvidia APU with a TDP of 80-120 Watts. Slated for an early 2026 launch, it was earmarked for gaming laptops and while not specified explicitly, it would likely be Nvidia’s foray into the Windows-on-Arm segment. A new post from UDN confirms it will indeed be Arm-based and tells us more about it.

Apparently, Nvidia will partner up with MediaTek to manufacture the APU. It is expected to debut alongside an unannounced Dell product. However, UDN reports that its TDP will be around 65 Watts and that the APU will perform on par with an RTX 4070 laptop thanks to a Blackwell-based GPU. Unfortunately, the exact GPU isn’t known, but one can reasonably assume it will be a cut-down GB206/GB207 variant.

MediaTek will probably use off-the-shelf Arm cores (Cortex-X925 successor) for the CPU, like it plans to with the Dimensity 9500. A full-fat dGPU plus new Lumex (formerly known as Cortex) cores will make it the most powerful Arm-powered SKU on the market; likely many times faster than anything Qualcomm has on the market now.

The rumoured launch timeline tacitly implies it will be shown off at CES 2026, with a wider release to commence in the coming weeks. The prospect of an Arm-powered gaming laptop is exciting, but the real beneficiaries of such parts are gaming handhelds, although they’ll need something that demands less than 65 Watts to function effectively.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-and-MediaTek-s-upcoming-APU-for-gaming-laptops-rumoured-to-perform-on-par-with-an-RTX-4070.1028455.0.html