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MSI Titan 18 HX AI RTX 5090 (2026)
MSI Titan 18 HX AI RTX 5090 (2026) is a desktop replacement released in January 2026. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 175 W, processor Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, screen size 18″.
9.6Score
Graphics9.7
Overall performance9.7
Display7.8
Memory & storage9.7
Battery & portability5.2
Features & cooling6.4
price range—
- Released
- January 2026
- Brand
MSI- Popularity
- #1,057 of 1,575
GeForce RTX 5090 LaptopGraphics card
175 WGPU power (TGP)
Core Ultra 9 290HX PlusProcessor
18″Screen size
120 HzRefresh rate
128 GBRAM (up to)
100 WhBattery capacity
3.6 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among desktop replacements of 2026
GPU power (TGP) · 175 WTop 14%Screen size · 18″Top 10%Refresh rate · 120 HzBottom 9%RAM (up to) · 128 GBTop 5%Battery capacity · 100 WhTop 4%Weight · 3.6 kgBottom 4%
Compared with desktop replacements released in 2026. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other desktop replacements
Why is Titan 18 HX AI RTX 5090 (2026) a good choice?
Battery capacity: 100 Whbetter than 90% of desktop replacements
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 32,825better than 98% of desktop replacements
Geekbench 6 multi-core: 23,802better than 97% of desktop replacements
RAM (up to): 128 GBbetter than 87% of desktop replacements
SSD (up to): 12,288 GBbetter than 97% of desktop replacements
GPU power (TGP): 175 Wbetter than 70% of desktop replacements
Video memory: 24 GBbetter than 90% of desktop replacements
Brightness: 1,000 nitsbetter than 86% of desktop replacements
Weak points
Refresh rate: 120 Hzworse than 100% of desktop replacements
In rankings
#21Best gaming laptops right now#3Best desktop-replacement laptops#16Most powerful graphics#18Most powerful gaming laptops#2Fastest graphics (3DMark Steel Nomad Light)#4Fastest processors (Geekbench 6 multi-core)#30Most RAM#8Most storage#10Best memory and storage#2Best MSI gaming laptops#8Best gaming laptops of 2026
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 175 W
- Video memory
- 24 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 10,496
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 51.4 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 32,825
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 24
- CPU threads
- 24
- Max CPU clock
- 5.5 GHz
- Processor options
- Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 23,802
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 3,542
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 2,685
Display
- Screen size
- 18″
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2400
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz
- Brightness
- 1,000 nits
- DCI-P3 coverage
- 100%
- Pixel density
- 252 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:10
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- No
- Advanced Optimus
- No
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- Yes
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 128 GB
- RAM (base)
- 32 GB
- RAM speed
- 7,200 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 128 GB
- RAM slots
- 2
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 12,288 GB
- SSD (base)
- 1,024 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 4
- SSD interface
- PCIe 5.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 100 Wh
- Power adapter
- 400 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- Yes
- USB-C charging power
- 140 W
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 3.6 kg
- Thickness
- 32 mm
- Width
- 404 mm
- Depth
- 307.5 mm
- Body material
- Aluminium
- Colours
- Black
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- Yes
- 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 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
- Webcam
- 1,080p
- IR camera (face login)
- Yes
- Fingerprint reader
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 4.2
- 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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