MSI Raider A18 HX A9WJG-052US Review: The Nuclear Option for Gamers and Creators

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MSI Raider A18 HX Other/Non-Gaming Benchmarks

MSI Raider A18 HX 3DMark Benchmarks

In synthetic tests like 3DMark Port Royal, Time Spy, and Steel Nomad do show the expected delta between the laptop and top-tier desktops, the MSI Raider A18 HX still posts very strong results. Its overclocked mode brings measurable gains—typically 2–4%—which helps close the gap further. In ray-traced workloads, especially, its numbers are impressive for a mobile system, landing not far behind the 5080 desktop in multiple scenarios.

MSI Raider A18 HX GeekBench Benchmarks

In the Geekbench CPU and GPU benchmarks, the MSI Raider A18 HX demonstrates competitive performance, holding its own well against the powerful desktop 5080 and 5090 systems. The CPU results particularly highlight the strength of the mobile Ryzen platform, delivering strong multithreaded throughput that’s not far behind high-end desktops.

MSI Raider A18 HX System Benchmarks

ScoreOctaneOctane Multi CoreSpeedometerWebXPRT4VRay (vsamples)
MSI Raider A18 HX
NO OC
131,9231,284,71823.239145198
MSI Raider A18 HX
OC +100MHz
1335361,333,1512339945199
5090 Desktop70,020731,41517.844323628
5080 Desktop142,3551,409,79347.6246154645
Score7zip Total Time – Seconds7zip Total Compressing Speed – MB/s7zip Total Decompressing Speed – MB/sOctanebenchBasemark GPU Overall Score -3840×2160
MSI Raider A18 HX
NO OC
821.6525669
MSI Raider A18 HX
OC +100MHz
59.172153.6382490.795 MB824.6325848
5090 Desktop45.891105.0211511.5721614.1250036
5080 Desktop45.906201.7193187.704973.0833264