Surface Laptop Ultra and RTX Spark Dev Box Open for Pre-Order
Microsoft opens pre-orders for Surface Laptop Ultra at $2,599 and Surface RTX Spark Dev Box at $5,999, both built around NVIDIA's RTX Spark Superchip.
The story in focus
Microsoft opened pre-orders for two Surface devices built on NVIDIA's RTX Spark Superchip: Surface Laptop Ultra, starting at $2,599 with availability from October 16, and Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, priced at $5,999 and shipping in November.
- Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599 and is set to become available October 16.
- Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is priced at $5,999, sold only on Microsoft.com in the U.S., and ships in November.
- Both devices use the NVIDIA RTX Spark Superchip with up to 128 GB of unified memory and up to 1 petaflop of AI performance.
What the Laptop Offers
Surface Laptop Ultra pairs an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU with up to 6,144 cores, an NVIDIA Grace CPU with up to 20 cores, and up to 128 GB of unified memory. Microsoft says it can run AI models larger than 120B parameters locally, with up to 1 petaflop of AI performance based on theoretical FP4 figures.
The 15-inch PixelSense Ultra touchscreen is described as the brightest peak HDR display on any laptop, at 2,000 nits over a 10 percent window. The chassis is under 18 mm thin and under 4.5 lb. Storage is user-removable, and the device adds Magnetic Connect, a built-in magnetic USB-C charging port, alongside two more USB-C ports, HDMI, USB-A, an SD card reader and a headphone jack.
The Desktop Dev Box
Surface RTX Spark Dev Box puts the same superchip in a compact desktop form factor for developers and AI engineers. It offers up to 1 petaflop of AI performance and 128 GB of unified memory, and ships with tooling including Visual Studio Code, Git, GitHub CLI, GitHub Copilot, WSL, Python and Node. It is part of the Project Zenith family of devices.
Pricing and Availability
Commercial configurations of Surface Laptop Ultra are available for pre-order now. Microsoft lists an MSRP of $2,599 and says availability begins October 16. The Dev Box is $5,999 and sold exclusively through Microsoft.com in the U.S. A trade-in offer gives up to $1,000 cash back on an eligible MacBook Pro, valid for purchases between October 7 and November 23, 2026, through the Microsoft Store online in the U.S. and Canada.
When can buyers get the new Surface devices?
Surface Laptop Ultra pre-orders are open now at a $2,599 starting MSRP, with availability beginning October 16. Surface RTX Spark Dev Box pre-orders are open at $5,999, with shipping to customers starting in November.
Sources & further reading
- Pre-order our most powerful Surface devices ever ↗blogs.windows.com
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