Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) 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 Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022)
ASUS

Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022)

43/100
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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 Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Gaming 25.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 43.0 Poor 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 52.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Charge power 200 / 240 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 Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.7 GHz
Cores 8 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process 6 nm 3 nm
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache 16 MB 36 MB
Threads 16 24
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz 5.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Area 1040 cm2(161.1 inches2) 1242 cm2(192.7 inches2)
Colors Gray Black
Cooling system Active Active
Dimensions 394 x 264 x 22.9-25.4 mm15.51 x 10.39 x 0.9-1 inches 404 x 307.5 x 24-32.05 mm15.91 x 12.11 x 0.94-1.26 inches
Liquid metal No No
Noise level (max. load) 47.9 dB —
Number of fans 2 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~79.3% ~75.6%
Side bezels 5.5 mm 8.2 mm
Transformer No No
Vapor chamber No Yes
Weight 2.6 kg (5.73 lbs) 3.6 kg (7.94 lbs)
Material — Aluminum
Opening angle — 145°

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Bluetooth v5.2 v5.4
DisplayPort No No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
Fingerprint No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor No Yes
Optical drive No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes
SD card reader No Yes
Thunderbolt No Thunderbolt 5
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

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Adobe RGB profile 47.3% —
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:10
Coating Matte Matte
HDR support No Yes, HDR10
PPI 127 ppi 252 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 3840 x 2400 pixels
Size 17.3 inches 18 inches
Sync technology FreeSync No
Touchscreen No No
Type IPS LCD Mini LED
sRGB color space 62.5% —
Contrast — 2000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Blender GPU 1300 8408
Solar Bay 22843 119801

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
FLOPS 7.9 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1530 MHz 975 MHz
GPU boost clock 1740 MHz —
GPU performance 7.9 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 MUX MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 40 96
Shading units (cores) 2048 7680
TGP 95 W 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64 240

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.7 mm —
Keyboard type Island Mechanical
Numpad Yes Yes
Surface Plastic Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Channels 2x4 GB 2x16 GB
Clock 4800 MHz 7200 MHz
Max. ram size 32 GB 128 GB
Total slots 2 2
Upgradable Yes Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Microphones 2 2
Speakers 2.0 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Power — 4x2W, 2x2W

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Asus TUF Gaming A17 (2022) MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2026)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)

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