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MSI Crosshair 18 HX AI RTX 5060 (2025)
MSI Crosshair 18 HX AI RTX 5060 (2025) is a desktop replacement released in January 2025. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 115 W, processor Core Ultra 9 275HX, screen size 18″.
5.3Score
Graphics3.4
Overall performance5.3
Display5.0
Memory & storage7.1
Battery & portability5.6
Features & cooling2.4
price range—
- Released
- January 2025
- Brand
MSI- Popularity
- #1,203 of 1,575
GeForce RTX 5060 LaptopGraphics card
115 WGPU power (TGP)
Core Ultra 9 275HXProcessor
18″Screen size
240 HzRefresh rate
96 GBRAM (up to)
90 WhBattery capacity
3.1 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among desktop replacements of 2025
GPU power (TGP) · 115 WTop 50%Screen size · 18″Top 10%Refresh rate · 240 HzTop 25%RAM (up to) · 96 GBTop 12%Battery capacity · 90 WhTop 39%Weight · 3.1 kgBottom 14%
Compared with desktop replacements released in 2025. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other desktop replacements
Why is Crosshair 18 HX AI RTX 5060 (2025) a good choice?
RAM (up to): 96 GBbetter than 74% of desktop replacements
CPU cores: 24better than 72% of desktop replacements
Weak points
GPU power (TGP): 115 Wworse than 98% of desktop replacements
Video memory: 8 GBworse than 95% of desktop replacements
Battery capacity: 90 Whworse than 92% of desktop replacements
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 13,640worse than 78% of desktop replacements
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 115 W
- Video memory
- 8 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 3,328
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 18.4 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 13,640
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 24
- CPU threads
- 24
- Max CPU clock
- 5.4 GHz
- Processor options
- Core Ultra 9 275HX
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 21,832
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 3,163
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 2,086
Display
- Screen size
- 18″
- Resolution
- 2560 × 1600
- Refresh rate
- 240 Hz
- Brightness
- 500 nits
- sRGB coverage
- 100%
- Response time
- 7 ms
- DCI-P3 coverage
- 98%
- Pixel density
- 168 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:10
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- No
- Advanced Optimus
- Yes
- 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
- 3.1 kg
- Thickness
- 29.9 mm
- Width
- 404 mm
- Depth
- 280 mm
- Body material
- Plastic
- Colours
- Black
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- No
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
- Fan noise (max. load)
- 58.6 dB
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
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- Yes
- 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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