MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) vs MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ

[ 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 MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ (73/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
MSI

MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)

93/100
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MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
MSI

MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ

73/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Gaming 97.0 Excellent WINNER 78.0 Good
NanoReview Score 93.0 Excellent WINNER 73.0 Good
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 91.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Charge power 400 W 280 / 330 W
Charging port position Right, Bottom Left, Right, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 140 W Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes
Full charging time 2:00 hr —
Replaceable No No

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.7 GHz
Cores 24 (8P + 16E) 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process 3 nm 3 nm
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache 36 MB 36 MB
Threads 24 24
Turbo frequency 5.5 GHz 5.4 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Area 1242 cm2(192.7 inches2) 1133 cm2(175.6 inches2)
Colors Black Gray
Cooling system Active Active
Dimensions 404 x 307.5 x 24-32.05 mm15.91 x 12.11 x 0.94-1.26 inches 380.34 x 297.97 x 22.85-28.75 mm14.97 x 11.73 x 0.9-1.13 inches
Liquid metal No No
Material Aluminum Plastic
Number of fans 2 2
Opening angle 145° 140°
Screen-to-body ratio ~75.6% ~74%
Side bezels 8.2 mm 7.1 mm
Transformer No No
Vapor chamber Yes No
Weight 3.6 kg (7.94 lbs) 3 kg (6.62 lbs)
Noise level (max. load) — 59.2 dB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.4
DisplayPort No No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
Fingerprint No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes No
Optical drive No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes
SD card reader Yes Yes
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 5 Thunderbolt 5
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 3.2
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
VGA No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v7 v7

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Coating Matte Matte
Contrast 2000000:1 —
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% —
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
PPI 252 ppi 133 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Resolution 3840 x 2400 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size 18 inches 17 inches
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Type Mini LED IPS LCD
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Ambient light sensor — No
sRGB color space — 100%

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Blender GPU 8408 5768
Solar Bay 119801 87963

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
FLOPS 42 TFLOPS 31.2 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 975 MHz —
GPU performance 42 TFLOPS 31.2 TFLOPS
Memory bus 256 bit 192 bit
Memory size 16 GB 12 GB
Memory speed ~28 Gbps ~28 Gbps
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus MUX MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 96 80
Shading units (cores) 7680 5888
TGP 175 W 140 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 240 184

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Backlight Yes Yes
Keyboard type Mechanical Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Surface Glass Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Channels 2x16 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 7200 MHz 6400 MHz
Max. ram size 128 GB 96 GB
Total slots 2 2
Upgradable Yes Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 2
Power 4x2W, 2x2W 2x2W
Speakers 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.0
Loudness — ~80.3 dB

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026) MSI Vector 17 HX AI (2025) A2XWJ
Bus PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)

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