Lenovo's RTX Spark Yogas land fully specified and entirely unpriced
Nvidia's Grace-plus-Blackwell superchip now has two Yoga bodies, a 20-core CPU and up to 128GB of unified memory. The only Lenovo laptop from the same announcement with an October date and a price is the $700 IdeaPad Vibe.
The Product Desk
What happened
- Lenovo used IFA 2026 in Berlin to detail the Yoga Pro 9n and the Yoga 9n 2-in-1, its first two Windows laptops built on Nvidia's RTX Spark platform.
- The 15.3-inch Pro 9n tops out at 128GB of RAM and 4TB across two SSD slots, runs a 48 to 165Hz 2.5K OLED panel, carries a 92.5Whr battery and starts at 3.64 pounds.
- The 16-inch Yoga 9n 2-in-1 goes to 64GB and 2TB, adds a 99.9Whr battery and a 360-degree hinge, and takes pen input on its haptic Force Pad as well as the screen.
Why it matters
- Who has to decide decision Without a price delta between the 64GB and 128GB configurations, the only procurement decision available before launch is whether to wait, which pushes any local-inference rollout past this quarter.
- What it costs cost In the absence of Lenovo's number, buyers will anchor on the $6,999 that Mashable cites for a 128GB 16-inch MacBook Pro, and budget owners will be asked to defend a per-seat figure nobody has published.
- What it limits constraint An 80W ceiling against a 92.5Wh battery means heavy local model work is something that happens at a desk with the 140W brick attached, which limits how much of the mobility premium a fleet actually gets to use.
- What doesn't add up contradiction Lenovo frames the missing price as launch-day housekeeping while Engadget attributes it to component market volatility, and the second reading implies the number is not settled yet rather than merely unannounced.
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The real limit of this machine shows up at about the one-hour mark for anyone running the 128GB configuration through a render deadline. Lenovo says the Yoga Pro 9n supports up to 80W TDP [17], and the battery is 92.5Wh [6]. Divide one into the other and a chip held at its ceiling empties a full charge in roughly 69 minutes, before the OLED panel and the two SSDs take their cut [24]. The 140W adapter in the box is the honest spec [7].
That matters because the pitch for on-device models is independence from the network, but the power budget only extends that independence as far as a socket. Nvidia's framing is a petaflop of compute in a chip purpose-built for slim Windows laptops [9], which Jensen Huang has called a "superchip" for "personal AI computers" running agents and models on-device [10]. Lenovo's own answer to who this is for is narrower and more useful: "creators and developers whose work demands substantial local computing capability in a premium, portable design" [14]. The workload list runs to video editing, 3D rendering, software development and AI app development [16]. This is a mobile workstation with an inference story attached, aimed at the MacBook Pro and the Surface Ultra [21].
Price and availability are the two numbers missing from the announcement. Mashable was told pricing and availability "will be announced at launch" [3]. Engadget reads the silence as a consequence of volatile component markets [5], which is a different statement from routine launch timing, and a more informative one. The only machine in the same Lenovo slate carrying both a price and a month is the IdeaPad Vibe at $700, with AMD Ryzen AI 400 models first in October and Snapdragon X versions in November [18]. That machine runs AMD or Qualcomm silicon with up to 32GB of memory [19]. Local agentic inference in this announcement is a premium configuration with the price field blank [27], not yet a standard retail laptop spec anywhere in the lineup, and Microsoft appears only as the competitor named in Lenovo's press materials [21]. The spec sheets do not fully agree either: Mashable lists the convertible's panel as 2.8K at 2,880 x 1,800 [2], while Engadget calls it 1.8K [4].
For the person filling in a configuration sheet, this comes down to a grid rather than a wish. One axis: does the data have to stay on the device because of a client contract or a compliance rule. The other: does the work happen away from mains power. Both yes is the only quadrant where up to 128GB of 9400 MT/s unified memory [15] at an unannounced price beats a rented GPU. Data-bound but desk-bound gets the same output from a tower, and the 80W ceiling in a 16.7mm chassis [12] argues for the tower anyway. Mobile but cloud-tolerant is an ordinary thin laptop and an API key. Neither is a Vibe at $700 [18].
The convertible halves the flagship on both of the specs that decide which models fit, at up to 64GB of memory and up to 2TB of storage against 128GB and 4TB [25], so the pen surfaces and the 360-degree hinge [11] are what the extra 0.64 pounds buys. Name the model weights and name the data that cannot leave, and the quadrant picks itself. Everything else on these sheets is a preference.
What to watch
- Lenovo publishing prices and ship dates for the Pro 9n and 9n 2-in-1, and where the 128GB configuration lands against the $6,999 Mashable used as a reference.
- Whether the pricing silence resolves as component costs settle, which is how Engadget read it.
- Independent testing of sustained inference at 80W in a 16.7mm chassis, on battery and on the 140W adapter.
Clarity's read
What the record supports and how the coverage leans. The claims behind it follow.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption8
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives70
- Confidence72
Perspective Coverage
9 publishers- Builder
- Builder 41%
- Operator
- Operator 42%
- Investor
- Investor 17%
Claim ledger
Ranked by verification strength, evidence, and original report placement.
- [1]
The RTX Spark platform in both laptops includes an Nvidia Grace CPU with up to 20 cores and an Nvidia Blackwell RTX GPU with up to 6,144 cores.
- [2]
Mashable lists the Yoga 9n 2-in-1 display as a 16-inch 2.8K (2,880 x 1,800) OLED touchscreen with a 30 to 120Hz variable refresh rate.
- [3]
Pricing and availability for both Yoga laptops "will be announced at launch", according to a press release Lenovo shared with Mashable.
- [4]
Engadget describes the Yoga 9n 2-in-1 as packing a 16-inch 1.8K 30Hz to 120Hz OLED display.
- [5]
Engadget wrote that Lenovo's withholding of price and availability is "possibly quite understandable given the volatility of the component markets right now".
- [6]
The Yoga Pro 9n has a 15.3-inch 2.5K (2,560 x 1,600) OLED display with a 48 to 165Hz refresh rate and 1,100 nits peak HDR brightness, up to 128GB RAM, up to 4TB of SSD storage across two slots, a 92.5Whr battery, and a starting weight of 3.64 pounds.
- [7]
The Yoga Pro 9n ships with a 140W power adapter alongside its 92.5Wh battery.
- [8]
At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Lenovo showed its first two Windows laptops powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark platform: the Yoga Pro 9n and the Yoga 9n 2-in-1.
- [9]
Nvidia says RTX Spark provides up to 1 petaflop of compute and up to 128GB of memory, and was purpose-built for slim Windows laptops.
- [10]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang previously described RTX Spark as a "superchip" designed to power "personal AI computers" capable of running AI agents and models on-device.
- [11]
The Yoga 9n 2-in-1 is a 16-inch convertible with up to 64GB of memory, up to 2TB of SSD storage, a 99.9Whr battery, a starting weight of 4.28 pounds, a 360-degree hinge with Laptop, Tablet, Tent, Stand and Canvas modes, and a haptic Force Pad with pen support.
- [12]
The Yoga Pro 9n starts at 3.64 pounds (1.65kg) and measures as little as 16.7mm thick.
- [13]
Engadget describes RTX Spark as an ARM-based system-on-chip pairing Nvidia's Grace CPU with a Blackwell RTX GPU, and as Nvidia's answer to Apple Silicon for Windows machines.
- [14]
Lenovo said in its press release that the Yoga Pro 9n is geared toward "creators and developers whose work demands substantial local computing capability in a premium, portable design".
- [15]
Both Yoga models can be configured with 9400 MT/s unified memory, up to 128GB on the Pro 9n and up to 64GB on the 9n 2-in-1.
- [16]
Lenovo says the Yoga Pro 9n and Yoga 9n 2-in-1 are designed for people who need substantial computing power for AI development, content creation, software development and 3D rendering without sending every workload to the cloud.
- [17]
Lenovo says the Yoga Pro 9n supports up to 80W TDP and uses its X Power thermal architecture to maintain performance in the slim chassis.
- [18]
Lenovo's new IdeaPad Vibe comes in 14-inch and 15-inch sizes starting at $700, with AMD models arriving first in October and Qualcomm-powered configurations following in November.
- [19]
The IdeaPad Vibe can be configured with Snapdragon X or up to AMD Ryzen AI 400 Series processors, with Intel models coming later; Snapdragon versions go up to 24GB of memory and AMD versions up to 32GB of upgradeable dual-channel memory.
- [20]
Lenovo first unveiled the Yoga Pro 9n at Computex in June and has now shared official images and a spec sheet.
- [21]
Both laptops are set to compete with the Apple MacBook Pro, the Microsoft Surface Ultra and other premium creator laptops.
- [22]
For reference, Mashable notes a 16-inch MacBook Pro with 128GB of RAM costs $6,999.
- [23]
The Yoga 9n 2-in-1 is the second hybrid RTX Spark laptop, after MSI's Prestige N16 Flip AI+.
- [24]
At a sustained 80W chip TDP, the Yoga Pro 9n's 92.5Wh battery would be exhausted in about 1.16 hours, or roughly 69 minutes, before other system draw is counted.
- [25]
The Yoga 9n 2-in-1 tops out at half the flagship's maximum memory and half its maximum storage: 64GB against 128GB, and 2TB against 4TB.
- [26]
The 16-inch convertible starts 0.64 pounds heavier than the 15.3-inch clamshell.
- [27]
The only Lenovo laptop in this announcement with both a published price and a stated month is the IdeaPad Vibe, which runs AMD or Qualcomm silicon rather than RTX Spark; the two RTX Spark Yogas have neither a price nor a date.
Sources
9 independent publishers whose own reporting we read for this story.
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Topics and entities
Entities
- MSI Prestige N16 Flip AI+
- Nvidia
- Jensen Huang
- Lenovo Yoga Pro 9n
- Blackwell
- IFA Berlin
- Nvidia Grace
- Lenovo Yoga 9n 2-in-1
- CUDA
- MSI
- Lenovo IdeaPad Vibe
- Lenovo
- Nvidia RTX Spark
- Apple MacBook Pro