What Lenovo is selling
Notebookcheck reports that the Pro 9n is available to preorder from $2,999.99, with Nvidia RTX Spark configurations offering up to a 20-core Grace CPU and 128 GB of RAM. Shipping is scheduled for October 16. Tom's Guide also lists the machine at $2,999 at Lenovo and describes the October 16 availability window.
This is a preorder, not a shipping product. No independent review, benchmark or battery test has been published in the material I could verify.
The Pro 9n belongs to Lenovo's Yoga line. Lenovo's September 3 announcement at Innovation World during IFA 2026 said that the Yoga Pro 9n and Yoga 9n 2-in-1 are Windows 11 laptops based on NVIDIA RTX Spark. VideoCardz made that point in its earlier coverage.
Configurations and pricing
Notebookcheck reports these two endpoints:
| Configuration | CPU / GPU | Memory | Storage | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | 18-core Grace, 5,120-core Blackwell RTX | 32 GB unified | 512 GB | $2,999.99 |
| Top | 20-core Grace, 6,144-core Blackwell RTX | 128 GB | up to 2 TB | $6,099.99 |
Retail listings don't all match that table. B&H lists the same two chips, but its pages show the 18-core model with the 5120-core GPU and the 20-core model with the 6144-core GPU. Its listed 20-core model carries 64 GB and 2 TB at $4,999. Another B&H page shows an 18-core, 32 GB, 1 TB variant.
Retailer SKUs and Lenovo's own configurator can differ. Check the exact memory and storage on the order page before you pay. Prices and configurations here are for the US only. I found no confirmation of availability or pricing elsewhere.
Specifications
Notebookcheck attributes these specs to Lenovo:
- A 15.3-inch OLED at 2560 x 1600, with 1,100 nits peak brightness, 100% P3 coverage and VRR up to 165 Hz.
- A 92.5 Wh battery and a weight of 3.64 pounds.
- Ports: two USB4, USB-A, HDMI 2.1, a headphone jack and an SD card reader.
VideoCardz's earlier coverage adds more detail, and I'm attributing it to them rather than to Lenovo. It lists an 80W thermal design, two M.2 slots with up to 4 TB of storage, and a thickness from 16.7 mm. Those figures come from the pre-launch announcement. Confirm them against the final product page.
The comparisons
Notebookcheck sets the Pro 9n against two rivals:
- Surface Laptop Ultra: Microsoft's machine starts at $2,599 with 24 GB of memory. The Lenovo's base price is about $400 higher and includes 32 GB. Tom's Guide also reports the Surface at $2,599 at the Microsoft Store.
- 14-inch MacBook Pro: An M5 Max model with 128 GB and 2 TB costs $6,699 by Notebookcheck's count. That is about $600 above the Pro 9n's top configuration.
Both are price-and-spec comparisons only. Nobody has shown the Pro 9n outperforming a MacBook Pro in real work. The two machines also differ in display size, operating system and software ecosystem, so "rival" describes the price tier more than a measured result.
Local AI claims
NVIDIA's pitch is running models up to 120B parameters with 1M context. It also cites up to 128 GB of unified memory and a petaflop of FP4 performance. Those are vendor claims, and FP4 throughput is a peak figure. Real inference speed depends on model format, software support and sustained thermals in a thin chassis.
The large memory pool is the practical draw. Running big models locally often hits a memory ceiling before a compute ceiling. Whether Windows software, drivers and CUDA tooling run well on this Arm-based platform at launch is the open question that reviews will answer.
What to do before you buy
- Decide whether you need 128 GB. It is the main reason to pay the top price.
- Compare the exact SKU on Lenovo's page with retailer listings, since the memory and storage tiers differ.
- Check that your key apps, drivers and VPN or security tools support Windows 11 on Arm. This is general industry guidance, not something the sources confirm for this laptop.
- Consider waiting for independent reviews of thermals, battery life and sustained performance, which are the usual weak points of thin laptops.
Bottom line
The Pro 9n is a well-specified, expensive Windows laptop built around NVIDIA's new RTX Spark platform. It undercuts a similarly configured MacBook Pro on price. Its performance claims are untested, and the configuration details vary by retailer.