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MSI Raider 16 HX B2W RTX 5080 (2026)
MSI Raider 16 HX B2W RTX 5080 (2026) is a gaming laptop released in January 2026. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 175 W, processor Core Ultra 9 275HX, screen size 16″.
9.3Score
Graphics9.4
Overall performance9.2
Display9.1
Memory & storage5.3
Battery & portability7.8
Features & cooling9.2
price range$3,700–4,700Reference price converted from EUR
- Released
- January 2026
- Type
- Gaming laptop
- Brand
MSI- Popularity
- #194 of 1,575
- Model numbers
- B2WI-296Y
GeForce RTX 5080 LaptopGraphics card
175 WGPU power (TGP)
Core Ultra 9 275HXProcessor
16″Screen size
240 HzRefresh rate
32 GBRAM (up to)
92 WhBattery capacity
2.45 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among gaming laptops of 2026
GPU power (TGP) · 175 WTop 14%Screen size · 16″Top 49%Refresh rate · 240 HzTop 25%RAM (up to) · 32 GBBottom 31%Battery capacity · 92 WhTop 22%Weight · 2.45 kgBottom 42%
Compared with gaming laptops released in 2026. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other gaming laptops
Why is Raider 16 HX B2W RTX 5080 (2026) a good choice?
GPU power (TGP): 175 Wbetter than 95% of gaming laptops
Battery capacity: 92 Whbetter than 85% of gaming laptops
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 24,199better than 94% of gaming laptops
Refresh rate: 240 Hzbetter than 85% of gaming laptops
CPU cores: 24better than 95% of gaming laptops
Video memory: 16 GBbetter than 92% of gaming laptops
Brightness: 500 nitsbetter than 88% of gaming laptops
USB-C charging power: 140 Wbetter than 90% of gaming laptops
Weak points
RAM (up to): 32 GBworse than 85% of gaming laptops
SSD (up to): 1,000 GBworse than 93% of gaming laptops
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 175 W
- Video memory
- 16 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 7,680
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 42 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 24,199
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 24
- Max CPU clock
- 5.4 GHz
- Processor options
- Core Ultra 7 251HX, Core Ultra 7 255HX, Core Ultra 9 275HX
Display
- Screen size
- 16″
- Resolution
- 2560 × 1600
- Refresh rate
- 240 Hz
- Brightness
- 500 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
- Yes
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 32 GB
- RAM (base)
- 32 GB
- RAM speed
- 6,400 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 128 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
- 92 Wh
- Power adapter
- 330 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- Yes
- USB-C charging power
- 140 W
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 2.45 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
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- Yes
- USB-C ports
- 2
- USB-A ports
- 3
- HDMI
- HDMI 2.1
- HDMI 2.1
- Yes
- (Mini) DisplayPort
- No
- Ethernet
- 5 Gbit/s
- Ethernet port
- Yes
- SD card reader
- Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
Keyboard & camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- Yes
- Key travel
- 1.7 mm
- Webcam
- 1,080p
- Fingerprint reader
- 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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