HP Spectre x360 16 (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 Spectre x360 16 (2021) (54/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

HP Spectre x360 16 (2021)
HP

HP Spectre x360 16 (2021)

54/100
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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 Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Gaming 19.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 54.0 Below Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 50.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Charge power 135 W 400 W
Charging port position Right Right, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes, 140 W
Fast charging Yes Yes
Full charging time 1:55 hr 2:00 hr
Replaceable No No

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Base frequency 2.9-3.4 GHz 2.7 GHz
Cores 4 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process 10 nm 3 nm
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache 12 MB 36 MB
Threads 8 24
Turbo frequency 5 GHz 5.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Area 878 cm2(136.1 inches2) 1242 cm2(192.7 inches2)
Colors Black, Blue Black
Cooling system Active Active
Dimensions 358 x 245.3 x 19.9 mm14.09 x 9.66 x 0.78 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
Opening angle 360° 145°
Screen-to-body ratio ~84.5% ~75.6%
Side bezels 6.7 mm 8.2 mm
Transformer Yes No
Vapor chamber No Yes
Weight 2 kg (4.41 lbs) 3.6 kg (7.94 lbs)
Liquid metal — No

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Bluetooth v5.2 v5.4
DisplayPort No No
Ethernet (RJ45) No Yes
Fingerprint Yes No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes
SD card reader Yes Yes
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 Thunderbolt 5
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 1x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
VGA No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v6E v7

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Adobe RGB profile 74% —
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Coating Glossy (Antireflective) Matte
Contrast 1000:1 2000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 74% 100%
PPI 226 ppi 252 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 3072 x 1920 pixels 3840 x 2400 pixels
Size 16 inches 18 inches
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen Yes No
Type IPS LCD Mini LED
sRGB color space 100% —
HDR support — Yes, HDR10

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Blender GPU 943 8408
Solar Bay 16600 119801

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
FLOPS 5 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 938 MHz 975 MHz
GPU boost clock 1223 MHz —
GPU performance 5 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 40 W 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64 240

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Backlight Yes Yes
Keyboard type Island Mechanical
Numpad No Yes
Windows Precision Yes Yes
Surface — Glass

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Channels 2x8 GB 2x16 GB
Clock 3200 MHz 7200 MHz
Upgradable No Yes
Max. ram size — 128 GB
Total slots 1 2

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (2021) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 2
Speakers 4.0 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Power — 4x2W, 2x2W

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification HP Spectre x360 16 (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)
Total slots 1 2

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