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MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI RTX 5070 (2026)
MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI RTX 5070 (2026) is a gaming laptop released in January 2026. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 115 W, processor Core Ultra 7 255HX, screen size 16″.
9.1Score
Graphics8.0
Overall performance9.2
Display8.6
Memory & storage9.6
Battery & portability5.3
Features & cooling6.5
price range$2,600–3,200Reference price converted from JPY
- Released
- January 2026
- Type
- Gaming laptop
- Brand
MSI- Popularity
- #732 of 1,608
GeForce RTX 5070 LaptopGraphics card
115 WGPU power (TGP)
Core Ultra 7 255HXProcessor
16″Screen size
240 HzRefresh rate
96 GBRAM (up to)
90 WhBattery capacity
2.5 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among gaming laptops of 2026
GPU power (TGP) · 115 WBottom 43%Screen size · 16″Top 47%Refresh rate · 240 HzTop 25%RAM (up to) · 96 GBTop 12%Battery capacity · 90 WhTop 41%Weight · 2.5 kgBottom 34%
Compared with gaming laptops released in 2026. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other gaming laptops
Why is Crosshair 16 HX AI RTX 5070 (2026) a good choice?
RAM (up to): 96 GBbetter than 96% of gaming laptops
Geekbench 6 multi-core: 19,135better than 94% of gaming laptops
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 15,919better than 87% of gaming laptops
Refresh rate: 240 Hzbetter than 85% of gaming laptops
Battery capacity: 90 Whbetter than 70% of gaming laptops
CPU cores: 20better than 89% of gaming laptops
SSD (up to): 4,096 GBbetter than 82% of gaming laptops
Brightness: 400 nitsbetter than 77% of gaming laptops
Weak points
Thickness: 27.9 mmworse than 82% of gaming laptops
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 115 W
- Video memory
- 8 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 4,608
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 26.2 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 15,919
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 20
- CPU threads
- 20
- Max CPU clock
- 5.2 GHz
- Processor options
- Core Ultra 7 255HX, Core Ultra 9 275HX
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 19,135
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 3,085
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 1,892
Display
- Screen size
- 16″
- Resolution
- 2560 × 1600
- Refresh rate
- 240 Hz
- Brightness
- 400 nits
- Response time
- 3 ms
- DCI-P3 coverage
- 100%
- Pixel density
- 189 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:10
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- No
- Advanced Optimus
- No
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 96 GB
- RAM (base)
- 16 GB
- RAM speed
- 6,400 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 96 GB
- RAM slots
- 2
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 4,096 GB
- SSD (base)
- 1,024 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 2
- SSD interface
- PCIe 5.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 90 Wh
- Power adapter
- 240 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- Yes
- USB-C charging power
- 100 W
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 2.5 kg
- Thickness
- 27.9 mm
- Width
- 359 mm
- Depth
- 266.4 mm
- Body material
- Plastic
- Colours
- Gray
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- No
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- Yes
- USB-C ports
- 1
- USB-A ports
- 3
- HDMI
- HDMI 2.1
- HDMI 2.1
- Yes
- (Mini) DisplayPort
- No
- Ethernet port
- Yes
- SD card reader
- No
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
Keyboard & camera
- Keyboard backlight
- Zone RGB
- Per-key RGB
- No
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- Yes
- Key travel
- 1.7 mm
- Webcam
- 720p
- IR camera (face login)
- No
- Fingerprint reader
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 2.0
- Dolby Atmos
- No
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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