MSI 16" VenturePro 16 Review

CPU Intel Core 9 270H
RAM 32 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 16" 1920x1200
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 1.9 kg
Battery 55 Wh
MSI 16" VenturePro 16 laptop
69.1 Overall Score

Overview

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 84.1
GPU 83.8
RAM 86.9
Ports 70.1
Screen 67
Portability 21.7
Storage 84.7
Reliability 55.8

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong ram (81th percentile) 87th
  • Strong gpu (78th percentile) 85th
  • Strong storage (78th percentile) 84th
  • Strong cpu (71th percentile) 84th

Cons

  • Below average compact (30th percentile) 22th

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core 9 270H
Cores 14
Frequency 2.7 GHz
L3 Cache 24 MB

Graphics

GPU RTX 5060
Type discrete
VRAM 8 GB
VRAM Type GDDR7

Memory & Storage

RAM 32 GB
RAM Generation DDR5
Storage 1 TB
Storage Type NVMe SSD

Display

Size 16"
Resolution 1920 (Full HD)
Panel IPS
Refresh Rate 120 Hz

Connectivity

HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 Output
Wi-Fi WiFi 6E
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.3

Physical

Weight 1.9 kg / 4.2 lbs
Battery 55 Wh
OS Windows 11 Home

Value & Pricing

Price History

$1,200 $1,300 $1,400 $1,500 $1,600 Feb 18Apr 29 $1,499

vs Competition

Spec MSI 16" VenturePro 16 Apple MacBook Pro Apple 14" MacBook Pro (M5, Silver) ASUS ROG Zephyrus ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K OLED 120Hz Gaming Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 (16 83F50019US Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Samsung - Galaxy Book5 Pro - Copilot+ PC - 14" 3K Microsoft Surface Laptop Microsoft - Surface Laptop - 13.8" 2K Touchscreen
CPU Intel Core 9 270H Apple M5 AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX Intel Core Ultra 7 Series 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100
RAM (GB) 32 32 32 64 32 32
Storage (GB) 1024 4096 2000 2048 1000 1000
Screen 16" 1920x1200 14.2" 3024x1964 14" 2880x1800 16" 2560x1600 14" 2880x1800 13.8" 2304x1536
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Apple (10-Core) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Arc Graphics Qualcomm X1
OS Windows 11 Home macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home
Weight (kg) 1.9 1.5 1.6 2.7 1.2 1.3
Battery (Wh) 55 72 - 99 - -
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CpuGpuRamPortScreenCompactStorageReliability
MSI 16" VenturePro 16 84.183.886.970.16721.784.755.8
Apple MacBook Pro 14" Compare 82.920.677.490.696.973.498.694.8
ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K Compare 90.690.994.396.894.175.291.655.8
Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 (16 Compare 96.791.898.88493.36.895.275.6
Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Galaxy Book5 Pro 14" 3K Compare 6966.686.990.693.584.972.375.6
Microsoft Surface Laptop 13.8" 2K Touchscreen Compare 95.14286.994.781.28772.375.6