YouTuber benchmarks RTX 4060 on Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop using RTX Spark developer driver

Q: What performance did the RTX 4060 achieve in Cyberpunk 2077 on the Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop at 1080p and 1440p with DLSS and X2 frame generation?

The RTX 4060 delivered about a 60 FPS average in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p high settings using DLSS in quality mode. At 1440p the average dropped to around 40 to 50 FPS. Enabling X2 frame generation at 1440p boosted frame rates to roughly a 70 FPS average.

Q: How did the RTX 4060 paired to a Thunderbolt 5 eGPU dock perform in Forza Horizon 6 on the Zenbook A16?

The RTX 4060 on the Thunderbolt 5 eGPU dock delivered playable frame rates in Forza Horizon 6 on the ASUS Zenbook A16. A frame rate counter failed to work for that game, so no specific FPS numbers were reported.

Q: Which settings and frame rates did ETA Prime report for Ghost of Tsushima on the Snapdragon X2 Elite with DLSS?

ETA Prime reported Ghost of Tsushima ran at an average of 65 FPS at 1440p with high settings and DLSS set to Balanced mode.

Q: What were the 3DMark TimeSpy scores for the ARM-based Zenbook A16 with RTX 4060 versus the i5-10400 PC with RTX 4060?

The ARM-based Zenbook A16 with the RTX 4060 scored 8,675 points in 3DMark TimeSpy, while the i5-10400 PC with the RTX 4060 scored 10,283 points, making the i5 system about 19% faster.

YouTuber benchmarks an RTX 4060 paired to an ARM-powered Zenbook A16, showing playable performance in multiple AAA titles despite using a modified driver.

Aaron Klotz

Tech Reporter

Published Aug 7, 2026 2:15 PM CDT

2-minute read time

TL;DR: ETA Prime showed an RTX 4060 in a Thunderbolt 5 dock with an ASUS Zenbook A16 (Snapdragon X2 Elite) runs many AAA games playably using a modded RTX Spark driver. Benchmarks: ~60 FPS 1080p Cyberpunk, 40-50 FPS 1440p (70 FPS with X2 frame gen), >70 FPS in Project Cars 2 and DOOM, 65 FPS Ghost of Tsushima. The ARM system scored 8,675 vs. 10,283 on an i5-10400 PC, and driver immaturity limits results.

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A few weeks ago, we saw NVIDIA RTX GPUs successfully run on ARM-based Snapdragon laptops through modding NVIDIA's latest RTX Spark development driver on the laptop. YouTuber ETA Prime put the new driver to the test, showing what level of gaming performance the RTX Spark driver and Snapdragon X2 Elite are capable of producing.

Tests were conducted using an RTX 4060 paired with a Thunderbolt 5 GPU dock running at 40gbps, with an ASUS Zenbook A16 using a Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme SoC. One unfortunate quirk with the RTX Spark drivers is that the RTX 4060 is allegedly the fastest GPU that works well with the drivers. Putting in a more powerful GPU, including an RTX 5070 Ti, reportedly resulted in worse performance than an RTX 4060.

The YouTuber tested 3DMark TimeSpy, Forza Horizon 6, Cyberpunk 2077, Project Cars 2, Ghost of Tsushima, and DOOM: The Dark Ages with the aforementioned setup. In Forza Horizon 6, the Snapdragon laptop and RTX 4060 combo achieved playable frame rates (unfortunately, the frame rate counter failed to work in this game specifically). Performance in Cyberpunk 2077 was around 60 FPS average at 1080p high settings, using DLSS in quality mode. Bumping up the resolution to 1440p dropped frame rates down to around 40-50 FPS average, and using 1440p with X2 frame generation boosted frame rates up to around 70 FPS average.

Project Cars 2 at Ultra settings 1440p native saw over 70 FPS average, and DOOM: The Dark Ages also ran at over 70 FPS average at 1440p using medium settings. Ghost of Tsushima achieved 65 FPS average at 1440p using high settings and DLSS set to balanced mode.

For the 3DMark TimeSpy results specifically, ETA Prime tested the Snapdragon laptop and RTX 4060 against a traditional gaming PC powered by an i5-10400 and an RTX 4060. The i5-10400-based system was 19% faster, achieving 10,283 points compared to the ARM-based counterpart's 8,675 points.

The results prove that modern ARM-based Windows laptops are capable enough on the CPU side to run AAA games with full-blown desktop graphics cards, despite having to run games through Microsoft's Prism x86 to ARM compatibility layer. We likely aren't seeing the best results from this setup either, due to the lack of maturity on the RTX Spark driver, and the fact that the RTX Spark driver used to make this setup work has been modded to work and was not designed with Qualcomm hardware in mind.

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What performance did the RTX 4060 achieve in Cyberpunk 2077 on the Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop at 1080p and 1440p with DLSS and X2 frame generation?

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How did the RTX 4060 paired to a Thunderbolt 5 eGPU dock perform in Forza Horizon 6 on the Zenbook A16?

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Which settings and frame rates did ETA Prime report for Ghost of Tsushima on the Snapdragon X2 Elite with DLSS?

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What were the 3DMark TimeSpy scores for the ARM-based Zenbook A16 with RTX 4060 versus the i5-10400 PC with RTX 4060?

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NVIDIA launched a development driver for the RTX Spark a few weeks ago to help software developers prepare and test apps for its upcoming RTX Spark-powered Windows on Arm devices. However, enthusiasts and modders have figured out a way to mod the RTX Spark driver to work with eGPU docks powered by RTX GPUs hooked up to ARM-based Windows laptops.