MSI Crosshair 18 HX AI (2025) vs LG Gram 17 (2021)
Performance Scores
Metric
MSI Crosshair 18 HX AI (2025)
LG Gram 17 (2021)
Battery Life
60.00
64.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
37763.00
3122.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
2346.00
1330.00
Connectivity
62.00
68.00
Display
63.00
43.00
GPU performance
18.00
1.00
Gaming
59.00
13.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
21832.00
3405.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3163.00
1809.00
Max. brightness
500.00
350.00
NanoReview Score
68.00
48.00
Performance
94.00
46.00
Portability
37.00
64.00
Specifications
Specification
MSI Crosshair 18 HX AI (2025)
LG Gram 17 (2021)
Adaptive refresh rate
No
N/A
Adobe RGB profile
86.1%
83.9%
Ambient light sensor
No
No
Area
1131 cm2 (175.3 inches2)
989 cm2 (153.3 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:10
16:10
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
2.7 GHz
1.7-3.0 GHz
Battery type
Li-Po
Li-Ion
Bluetooth
v5.3
v5.1
Bus
PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
CPU
N/A
Intel Core i3 1115G4Intel Core i5 1135G7Intel Core i7 1165G7
Channels
1x1024 GB
1x512 GB
Charge power
240 W
65 W
Charging port position
Left, Bottom
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes, 100 W
Yes
Clock
6400 MHz
4266 MHz
Coating
Matte
Glossy
Colors
Black
White, Black, Silver
Contrast
1264:1
951:1
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
24 (8P + 16E)
2
DCI-P3 color gamut
98%
92.9%
Dimensions
404 x 280 x 25.6-29.9 mm 15.91 x 11.02 x 1.01-1.18 inches
380.2 x 260.1 x 17.8 mm 14.97 x 10.24 x 0.7 inches
Display
2560 x 1600
N/A
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
No
N/A
Ethernet (RJ45)
Yes
No
FLOPS
18.4 TFLOPS
1 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
4 nm
10 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
Yes
Full charging time
-
N/A
GPU
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop 8GBGeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 8GB
N/A
GPU base clock
-
400 MHz
GPU boost clock
-
1250 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
HDR support
No
No
Infrared sensor
No
No
Integrated GPU
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
Key travel
N/A
1.6 mm
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
36 MB
6 MB
Liquid metal
No
N/A
Loudness
~84.5 dB
-
Material
Plastic
Aluminum
Max. ram size
96 GB
N/A
Memory bus
128 bit
N/A
Memory size
8 GB
System Shared
Memory speed
~24 Gbps
4.27 Gbps
Memory type
GDDR7
LPDDR4X
Microphones
2
2
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
58.6 dB
30.5 dB
Number of fans
2
2
Numpad
Yes
Yes
Nvidia Optimus
Yes, Advanced Optimus
N/A
Opening angle
N/A
140°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
168 ppi
178 ppi
Power
2x2W
2x2W
Proprietary charging port
Yes
No
RAM
-
16GB32GB64GB96GB
-
16GB32GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
48
12
Refresh rate
240 Hz
60 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
2560 x 1600 pixels
2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time
7 ms
30 ms
SD card reader
No
Yes
Screen-to-body ratio
~83%
~84.8%
Shading units (cores)
3328
384
Side bezels
8.2 mm
7 mm
Size
13.0 x 8.2 cm
-
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
1024GB2048GB4096GB
-
512GB1024GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Plastic
-
Sync technology
No
No
TGP
115 W
15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
104
24
Threads
24
4
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 4
Thunderbolt 4
Total slots
2
2
Touchscreen
No
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
5.4 GHz
4.1 GHz
Type
DDR5
LPDDR4X
USB Type-C
1x USB 3.2
2x USB 4.0
USB-A
3x USB 3.2
2x USB 3.2
Upgradable
Yes
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1280 x 720
Weight
3.1 kg (6.84 lbs)
1.35 kg (2.98 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
729 grams
287 grams
Wi-Fi standard
v6E
v6
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
100%
98.8%