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MSI Vector A16 HX RTX 5080 (2025)
MSI Vector A16 HX RTX 5080 (2025) is a gaming laptop released in January 2025. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 175 W, processor Ryzen 9 8940HX, screen size 16″.
9.5Score
Graphics9.5
Overall performance9.5
Display8.6
Memory & storage9.5
Battery & portability3.8
Features & cooling8.8
price range—
- Released
- January 2025
- Type
- Gaming laptop
- Brand
MSI- Popularity
- #923 of 1,575
GeForce RTX 5080 LaptopGraphics card
175 WGPU power (TGP)
Ryzen 9 8940HXProcessor
16″Screen size
240 HzRefresh rate
96 GBRAM (up to)
90 WhBattery capacity
2.7 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among gaming laptops of 2025
GPU power (TGP) · 175 WTop 11%Screen size · 16″Bottom 48%Refresh rate · 240 HzTop 25%RAM (up to) · 96 GBTop 12%Battery capacity · 90 WhTop 39%Weight · 2.7 kgBottom 30%
Compared with gaming laptops released in 2025. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other gaming laptops
Why is Vector A16 HX RTX 5080 (2025) a good choice?
GPU power (TGP): 175 Wbetter than 95% of gaming laptops
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 26,172better than 97% of gaming laptops
RAM (up to): 96 GBbetter than 95% of gaming laptops
Geekbench 6 multi-core: 16,539better than 87% of gaming laptops
Refresh rate: 240 Hzbetter than 85% of gaming laptops
Battery capacity: 90 Whbetter than 70% of gaming laptops
Video memory: 16 GBbetter than 92% of gaming laptops
CPU cores: 16better than 81% of gaming laptops
Weak points
Weight: 2.7 kgworse than 75% of gaming laptops
Thickness: 28.6 mmworse than 89% 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
- 26,172
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
- 16,539
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 2,919
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 1,733
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)
- 32 GB
- RAM speed
- 5,200 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 4.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 90 Wh
- Power adapter
- 330 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- Yes
- USB-C charging power
- 140 W
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 2.7 kg
- Thickness
- 28.6 mm
- Width
- 357 mm
- Depth
- 284 mm
- Body material
- Aluminium, Plastic
- Colours
- Gray
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- No
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- Yes
- USB-C ports
- 2
- USB-A ports
- 2
- 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 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
Keyboard & camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- Yes
- Webcam
- 1,080p
- IR camera (face login)
- Yes
- 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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