According to Notebookcheck– According to a Taiwanese outlet, Nvidia’s and MediaTek’s rumored SoC (System on Chip) for gaming laptops is expected to match RTX 4070 performance. UdnIt was previously reported that it had a TDP (thermal power rating) of 80 to 120W. However, it is now expected to use a Blackwell graphics card and have a TDP 65W.
Rumors indicate that the chip could be used primarily for gaming laptops. UDN also mentions it will be an Arm processor, so gaming notebooks may benefit from good efficiency and battery life. The new report of its 65W TDP makes it more likely that the chip could be used in handheld gaming PCs. If true, it could be Team Green’s first step into the portable gaming PC market. Nvidia makes mobile processors for its Portable Shield but this would be their first powerful chip that competes with the new generation of handhelds spurred on by Valve’s Steam Deck. The Asus ROG Ally X, MSI Claw 8 AI+ and other devices have a maximum power consumption of 30W. This means that the 65W TDP claimed for Nvidia’s SoC is a bit of a stretch for handhelds (especially when it comes to power efficiency), but it’s a great improvement over the 80 or 120W previously suggested.
Nvidia may miss a big opportunity to dominate the portable gaming market if it only uses it in laptops. Gamers Nexus
Analysis: Is handheld gaming the future?
Again there’s been no mention of handhelds when it comes to rumors about Nvidia’s unannounced SoC. This is just an assumption. But if this chip is true and is eventually used for portables, does that mean handhelds are going to be the future of gaming.
I can at least say that AMD’s APUs, and other SoC processors will play a significant role in gaming moving forward. AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+395 has already surpassed the RTX 4700 laptop GPU in Cyberpunkeliminating the need for a separate GPU.
Only issue is that Ryzen AI Max+395 hasn’t yet been used in a portable, probably due to its high TDP. This has me worried that the rumored Nvidia SoC will not be coming to handhelds. I would expect it to perform better than AMD and Intel’s SoCs used in handhelds, with DLSS 3 and 4 for sharper images and better performance.
Regardless of the fact that it’s a good step, the closer we get to handhelds with iGPUs which are close to the power of discrete graphics cards, the more powerful handhelds will become.
We could be watching the death of graphics cards in real time, and I could not be happier.
Isaiah works as a Staff Writer at TechRadar’s Computing channel. He has spent more than two years writing about tech, focusing on games for PC, consoles and handhelds. He began his career at GameRant in 2022, after graduating Birmingham City University the same year. He then moved to PC Guide where he wrote reviews, news, and deals articles on PC products, such as GPUs and CPUs. He is always researching the latest features of upcoming GPUs and is also passionate about PC games, hoping the ports aren’t a mess.
