Dell Pro Max 18 Plus keeps fastest AI laptop crown ahead of RTX Spark launch

The Dell Pro Max 18 Plus still tops local AI rankings, hitting 185.1 tokens/s on Phi, 140.5 on Mistral and 119.7 on Llama 3 with its RTX PRO 5000. Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops go on sale October 16, 2026 with 128 GB shared memory and up to 1 petaflop FP4, but only 300 GB/s bandwidth versus Dell's 896 GB/s. Dell's top configuration has doubled to nearly $18,600 in 14 months.

• Dell Pro Max 18 Plus: 185.1 tokens/s on Phi, 119.7 on Llama 3
• RTX Spark: 6,144 CUDA cores, 128 GB shared memory, up to 1 petaflop FP4
• Spark bandwidth is 300 GB/s vs 896 GB/s for the RTX PRO 5000
• Top Dell config rose from $9,245 to nearly $18,600 in 14 months