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MSI Crosshair A16 HX E8W RTX 5070 (2026)
MSI Crosshair A16 HX E8W 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 Ryzen 9 8940HX, screen size 16″.
8.1Score
Graphics8.5
Overall performance8.6
Display8.7
Memory & storage3.6
Battery & portability6.4
Features & cooling3.6
price range$2,300–3,000Reference price converted from EUR
- Released
- January 2026
- Type
- Gaming laptop
- Brand
MSI- Popularity
- #192 of 1,575
GeForce RTX 5070 LaptopGraphics card
115 WGPU power (TGP)
Ryzen 9 8940HXProcessor
16″Screen size
240 HzRefresh rate
16 GBRAM (up to)
80 WhBattery capacity
2.3 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among gaming laptops of 2026
GPU power (TGP) · 115 WBottom 43%Screen size · 16″Top 49%Refresh rate · 240 HzTop 25%RAM (up to) · 16 GBBottom 8%Battery capacity · 80 WhBottom 34%Weight · 2.3 kgTop 48%
Compared with gaming laptops released in 2026. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other gaming laptops
Why is Crosshair A16 HX E8W RTX 5070 (2026) a good choice?
Refresh rate: 240 Hzbetter than 85% of gaming laptops
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 15,208better than 85% of gaming laptops
Geekbench 6 multi-core: 15,758better than 84% of gaming laptops
Video memory: 12 GBbetter than 84% of gaming laptops
CPU cores: 16better than 81% of gaming laptops
Brightness: 400 nitsbetter than 78% of gaming laptops
DCI-P3 coverage: 100%better than 86% of gaming laptops
Weak points
RAM (up to): 16 GBworse than 98% of gaming laptops
SSD (up to): 1,000 GBworse than 93% of gaming laptops
In rankings
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 115 W
- Video memory
- 12 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 4,608
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 26.2 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 15,208
Processor
- CPU maker
- AMD
- CPU cores
- 16
- CPU threads
- 32
- Max CPU clock
- 5.3 GHz
- Processor options
- Ryzen 9 8940HX
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 15,758
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 2,785
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 1,698
Display
- Screen size
- 16″
- Resolution
- 2560 × 1600
- Refresh rate
- 240 Hz
- Brightness
- 400 nits
- sRGB coverage
- 100%
- 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)
- 16 GB
- RAM (base)
- 16 GB
- RAM speed
- 5,200 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 96 GB
- RAM slots
- 2
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 1,000 GB
- SSD (base)
- 1,000 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 2
- SSD interface
- PCIe 5.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 80 Wh
- Power adapter
- 240 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- Yes
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 2.3 kg
- Thickness
- 26 mm
- Width
- 363 mm
- Depth
- 270 mm
- Body material
- Plastic
- Colours
- Black
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- No
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
- Fan noise (max. load)
- 59 dB
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- No
- USB-C ports
- 1
- USB-A ports
- 3
- HDMI
- HDMI 2.1
- HDMI 2.1
- Yes
- (Mini) DisplayPort
- No
- Ethernet
- 1 Gbit/s
- Ethernet port
- Yes
- SD card reader
- Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
Keyboard & camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- Yes
- Key travel
- 1.7 mm
- Webcam
- 720p
- IR camera (face login)
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 2 speakers
- 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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