HP ENVY 15 (2021) vs MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) (93/100)

MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to HP ENVY 15 (2021) (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026):
  • + Higher Gaming score (97 vs 22)
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (93 vs 47)
  • + Higher Performance score (100 vs 51)
HP ENVY 15 (2021)
HP

HP ENVY 15 (2021)

47/100
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[ WINNER ]
MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
MSI

MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)

93/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
DeviceBenchmark Score 47.0 Poor 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Gaming 22.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 51.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Charge power 200 W 400 W
Charging port position Left Right, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes, 140 W
Fast charging Yes Yes
Replaceable No No
Full charging time — 2:00 hr

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Base frequency 1.9-2.3 GHz 2.7 GHz
Cores 8 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process 10 nm 3 nm
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache 24 MB 36 MB
Threads 16 24
Turbo frequency 4.6 GHz 5.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Area 847 cm2(131.3 inches2) 1242 cm2(192.7 inches2)
Colors Silver Black
Cooling system Active Active
Dimensions 357.8 x 236.7 x 18.5 mm14.09 x 9.32 x 0.73 inches 404 x 307.5 x 24-32.05 mm15.91 x 12.11 x 0.94-1.26 inches
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Number of fans 2 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~79.2% ~75.6%
Side bezels 6.2 mm 8.2 mm
Transformer No No
Vapor chamber No Yes
Weight 2.18 kg (4.81 lbs) 3.6 kg (7.94 lbs)
Liquid metal — No
Opening angle — 145°

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Bluetooth v5 v5.4
DisplayPort No No
Ethernet (RJ45) No Yes
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
Optical drive No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes
SD card reader Yes Yes
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
VGA No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v6 v7
Fingerprint — No
Infrared sensor — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 5

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:10
Coating Matte Matte
PPI 141 ppi 252 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 3840 x 2400 pixels
Size 15.6 inches 18 inches
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Type IPS LCD Mini LED
Contrast — 2000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, HDR10

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Blender GPU 1129 8408
Solar Bay 21844 119801

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
FLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1530 MHz 975 MHz
GPU boost clock 1740 MHz —
GPU performance 7.1 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit 256 bit
Memory size 4 GB 16 GB
Memory speed 12 Gbps ~28 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus Yes MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 40 96
Shading units (cores) 2048 7680
TGP 80 W 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64 240

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Backlight Yes Yes
Keyboard type Island Mechanical
Numpad No Yes
Surface Plastic Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Channels 2x8 GB 2x16 GB
Clock 3200 MHz 7200 MHz
Max. ram size 32 GB 128 GB
Total slots 2 2
Upgradable Yes Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 2
Speakers 2.0 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Power — 4x2W, 2x2W

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification HP ENVY 15 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)

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