MSI Modern 14 vs MSI Stealth 18 HX AI (2025)
Performance Scores
Metric
MSI Modern 14
MSI Stealth 18 HX AI (2025)
Battery Life
59.00
63.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
8616.00
28740.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1644.00
2297.00
Connectivity
60.00
73.00
Display
37.00
55.00
GPU performance
1.00
26.00
Gaming
19.00
74.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8108.00
17384.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2076.00
3270.00
Max. brightness
350.00
N/A
NanoReview Score
49.00
75.00
Performance
56.00
97.00
Portability
84.00
40.00
Specifications
Specification
MSI Modern 14
MSI Stealth 18 HX AI (2025)
Ambient light sensor
No
No
Area
713 cm2 (110.5 inches2)
1159 cm2 (179.6 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:9
16:10
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
1.3 GHz
2.4 GHz
Battery
-
39.3 Wh53.8 Wh
N/A
Battery type
Li-Po
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5.2
v5.4
Bus
PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
CPU
Intel Core i5 1335UIntel Core i7 1355UAMD Ryzen 7 7730U
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HXIntel Core Ultra 7 265HXIntel Core Ultra 9 275HX
Channels
1x128 GB
1x1024 GB
Charge power
65 W
280 W
Charging port position
Left
Right, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
Yes, 140 W
Clock
3200 MHz
6400 MHz
Coating
Matte
Matte
Colors
Black, Silver, Blue, Rose gold
Black
Contrast
1270:1
N/A
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
10 (2P + 8E)
20 (8P + 12E)
Dimensions
319.9 x 223 x 19.35 mm 12.59 x 8.78 x 0.76 inches
399.99 x 289.67 x 19.9-23.99 mm 15.75 x 11.4 x 0.78-0.94 inches
Display
1920 x 1080
-
1920 x 12002560 x 16003840 x 2400 (Mini-LED)3840 x 2400 (IPS)
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
No
No
Ethernet (RJ45)
No
Yes
FLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS
26.2 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
10 nm
4 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
Yes
Full charging time
-
2:00 hr
GPU
N/A
GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 8GBGeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop 12GBGeForce RTX 5080 Laptop 16GBGeForce RTX 5090 Laptop 24GB
GPU base clock
300 MHz
N/A
GPU boost clock
1250 MHz
N/A
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
HDR support
No
No
Infrared sensor
No
Yes
Integrated GPU
Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Key travel
1.5 mm
N/A
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
12 MB
30 MB
Liquid metal
No
No
Loudness
N/A
~90 dB
Material
Plastic
Aluminum
Max. ram size
-
96 GB
Memory bus
N/A
128 bit
Memory size
System Shared
8 GB
Memory speed
3.2 Gbps
~24 Gbps
Memory type
DDR4
GDDR7
Microphones
2
2
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
N/A
63 dB
Number of fans
1
2
Numpad
No
Yes
Nvidia Optimus
N/A
MUX
Opening angle
180°
170°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
157 ppi
126 ppi
Power
2x2W
2x2W, 4x2W
Proprietary charging port
Yes
Yes
RAM
-
8GB16GB
-
32GB64GB96GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
20
48
Refresh rate
60 Hz
144 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time
17 ms
N/A
SD card reader
Yes
Yes
Screen-to-body ratio
~75.7%
~81.1%
Shading units (cores)
640
4608
Side bezels
5 mm
6.1 mm
Size
10.0 x 5.7 cm
13.5 x 9.0 cm
Speakers
2.0
2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)
Storage
-
128GB256GB512GB1024GB
-
1024GB2048GB4096GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Plastic
-
Sync technology
No
No
TGP
15 W
115 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
40
144
Threads
12
20
Thunderbolt
No
Thunderbolt 4
Total slots
1
2
Touchscreen
No
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
4.6 GHz
5.2 GHz
Type
DDR4
DDR5
USB Type-C
1x USB 3.2
2x USB 4.0
USB-A
2x USB 3.2
2x USB 3.2
Upgradable
Yes
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
Yes
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080
Weight
1.4 kg (3.09 lbs)
2.89 kg (6.37 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
-
723 grams
Wi-Fi standard
v6E
v7
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
51%
N/A