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A premium MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI (2026) laptop with strong performance (87/100). Suited for demanding professional and gaming workloads.
| Performance | 87 /100 |
| Gaming | 54 /100 |
| Display | 65 /100 |
| Battery Life | 60 |
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Compare MSI Crosshair →| Connectivity | 61 /100 |
| Portability | 57 /100 |
| QuickComparisons Score | 65 /100 |
| Launched | January 2026 |
| Screen-to-body ratio: | ~77.6% |
| Dimensions: | 359 x 266.4 x 21.8-27.9 mm (14.13 x 10.49 x 0.86-1.1 inches) |
| Size | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD |
| Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | — |
| PPI | 189 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| HDR support | No |
| Sync technology | No |
| Touchscreen | No |
| Coating | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No |
| Display tests | — |
| Contrast | — |
| sRGB color space | — |
| Adobe RGB profile | — |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% |
| Response time | 3 ms |
| Max. brightness | 400 nits |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 3150 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 16770 |
| Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core) 206 | 140 |
| Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core) | 1911 |
| Weight | 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 359 x 266.4 x 21.8-27.9 mm 14.13 x 10.49 x 0.86-1.1 inches |
| Area | 956 cm 2 (148.2 inches 2 ) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~77.6% |
| Side bezels | 7.2 mm |
| Colors | Gray |
| Material | Plastic |
| Transformer | No |
| Opening angle | — |
| Cooling system | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No |
| Liquid metal | No |
| Number of fans | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | — |
| CPU name | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX |
| Base frequency | 2.4 GHz |
| Cores | 20 (8P + 12E) |
| Threads | 20 |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm |
| Solar Bay | — |
| GPU name | GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop 8GB |
| Type | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm |
| GPU boost clock | — |
| FLOPS | 18.4 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR7 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~24 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 3328 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 104 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 48 |
| GPU performance | 18.4 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU | — |
| RAM size | 16GB |
| Channels | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | Yes |
| Storage size | 1024GB |
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x1024 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes |
| NVMe | Yes |
| Capacity | 90 Wh |
| Full charging time | — |
| Battery type | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No |
| Fast charging | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 100 W |
| Charging port position | Left, Bottom |
| Charge power | 240 W |
| Cable length | — |
| Weight of AC adapter | — |
| Wi-Fi | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | No |
| Infrared sensor | No |
| Optical drive | No |
| Webcam | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 3x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No |
| VGA | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes |
| SD card reader | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes |
| [Keyboard] | — |
| Keyboard type | Island |
| Numpad | Yes |
| Backlit | Yes |
| Key Travel | 1.7 mm |
| [Touchpad] | — |
| Size | — |
| Surface | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes |
| Speakers | 2 |
| Dolby Atmos | No |
| Loudness | — |
| Microphones | 2 |
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