MSI Crosshair MSI Crosshair Gaming Laptop, 16" WUXGA IPS, NVIDIA Review

CPU Intel Core i7 13620H
RAM 32 GB
Storage 2 TB
Screen 16" 1920x1200
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
OS Windows 11 Home
MSI Crosshair MSI Crosshair Gaming Laptop, 16" WUXGA IPS, NVIDIA laptop
72.5 Overall Score

Overview

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 70.5
GPU 84.1
RAM 85.4
Ports 67.1
Screen 66.3
Portability 18.8
Storage 89.4
Reliability 53
Social Proof 16.8

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong storage (87th percentile) 89th
  • Strong gpu (86th percentile) 85th
  • Strong ram (81th percentile) 84th
  • Strong port (67th percentile) 71th

Cons

  • Below average compact (22th percentile) 17th

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core i7 13620H
Cores 10
Frequency 2.4 GHz
L3 Cache 24 MB

Graphics

GPU RTX 4070
Type discrete
VRAM 8 GB
VRAM Type GDDR6

Memory & Storage

RAM 32 GB
RAM Generation DDR5
Storage 2 TB

Display

Size 16"
Resolution 1920 (Full HD)
Panel IPS
Refresh Rate 144 Hz

Connectivity

HDMI 1 x HDMI
Wi-Fi WiFi 6
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.2

Physical

OS Windows 11 Home

Value & Pricing

vs Competition

Spec MSI Crosshair MSI Crosshair Gaming Laptop, 16" WUXGA IPS, NVIDIA Apple MacBook Pro Apple 14" MacBook Pro (M5, Silver) ASUS ROG Zephyrus ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K OLED 120Hz Gaming Lenovo Legion Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Gen 10 Intel Laptop, MSI Creator MSI Creator M14 A13V A13VF-081US 14" 2.8K Laptop, HP ZBook HP 14" ZBook Ultra G1a Multi-Touch Mobile
CPU Intel Core i7 13620H Apple M5 AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX Intel Core i7 13620H AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 385
RAM (GB) 32 32 32 16 32 32
Storage (GB) 2048 4096 1000 1024 2048 1024
Screen 16" 1920x1200 14.2" 3024x1964 14" 2880x1800 16" 2560x1600 14" 2880x1800 14" 2880x1800
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Apple (10-Core) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AMD Radeon
OS Windows 11 Home macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home (MSI recommends Windows 11 Pro for business) Windows 11 Pro
Weight (kg) - 1.5 1.6 0.5 1.6 2.6
Battery (Wh) - 72 - 80 - 74