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Can RTX Spark N1X run Qwen3.8 27B?

Yes. Measured 14.5 tok/s generation (llama.cpp (Nvidia ARM64 build), general, short prompt; source).

Every measured result for Qwen3.8 27B on RTX Spark N1X

BuildQuant / setupEnginetok/s
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra (RTX Spark N1X): llama.cpp speeds on 2026 models (Micro Center)general, short promptllama.cpp (Nvidia ARM64 build)14.5source

Speeds are decode (generation) tokens/sec as reported by each source; quant, engine and context differ, so small gaps are noise.

All measured speeds for Qwen3.8 27B: best home rig for Qwen3.8 27B.

Qwen3.8 27B on other hardware: 2x Apple M5 Ultra · 2x Intel Arc Pro B70 · 2x RTX 5070 Ti · 2x Tesla V100 32GB · 4x Apple M5 Ultra · Apple M3 Ultra · Apple M5 Ultra · DGX Spark (GB10) · Intel Arc Pro B70 · RTX 3060 12GB · RTX 3090 · RTX 4060 Ti 16GB · RTX 5070 Ti · RTX 5090 · RTX Pro 6000 Max-Q (Blackwell, 96 GB, 300 W) · Radeon AI Pro R9700 · Strix Halo (Radeon 8060S)

Other models measured on RTX Spark N1X: GLM 4.7 Flash · Muse Glimmer 30B · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B · Qwen3.5 122B · Qwen3.6 35B-A3B · gpt-oss 20B

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