MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio Series

Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
Display: 18.00 inch
Weight: 2.89kg
Average of 2 scores (from 4 reviews)
MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio A1VIG
Specifications

Processor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 9 185H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU 16384 MB
Display: 18.00 inch, 16:10, 2560 x 1600 pixels
Weight: 2.89kg
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section
Price comparison
Average Score:
Reviews
Source: PC World

MSI’s Stealth 18 AI Studio A1V has its virtues. It’s a large laptop with a big, vibrant Mini-LED display, decent keyboard, and lots of connectivity. The Stealth is also thinner and lighter than most 18-inch laptops. However, the Stealth’s retail price of $4,200 feels excessive. It’s more expensive than a similarly equipped Alienware m18 R2, and only a couple hundred less than a similar Razer Blade 18. Both alternatives are far more attractive and beat the Stealth in performance. That leaves MSI’s 18-incher in a tough spot. It’s passable, but the alternatives deliver far more value for your money.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/03/2024
Rating: Total score: 50%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Online.com.cn

Positive: High gaming performance; elegant design; great cooling system; beautiful display; excellent speakers; smart AI features. Negative: Heavy and bulky; high price.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/04/2024
Source: Eprice.com.hk

Positive: Powerful hardware; high performance; great display; good speakers; unique design; very large battery capacity. Negative: Weak GPU; bulky; high price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/03/2025
MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio A1VHG
Specifications

Processor: Intel Meteor Lake-H Ultra 9 185H
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU 12288 MB
Display: 18.00 inch, 16:10, 3840 x 2400 pixels
Weight: 2.89kg
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section
Price comparison
Average Score:
Foreign Reviews
Source: T3 PL

Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/22/2024
Rating: Total score: 53%
Comment
MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI) was founded in 1986 in Taiwan. MSI is especially known as a manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards for PCs, but also offers computer accessories, complete systems, motherboards, graphics cards, laptops, desktop PCs, monitors and other components. However, the Microstar brand name in Germany belongs to the Medion company. MSI is known for its gaming products and has developed a wide range of gaming laptops and desktop PCs. The company is also active in workstations, servers and industrial automation. MSI has offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU: High-end laptop graphics card based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 16 GB GDDR6 VRAM with a 256 Bit memory bus and can be configured with 80 - 150 TDP settings (+ Dynamic Boost).
NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU: High-end graphics card for laptops based on the Ada Lovelace architecture. Offers 12 GB GDDR6 (192 Bit) and is configurable with a TGP of 60 - 150W (+ Dynamic Boost).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Meteor Lake-H:
Ultra 9 185H: The top-of-the-line Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 5.1 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The 8-core Arc GPU, just out of the oven, serves as the integrated graphics adapter - this runs at up to 2.35 GHz - and there is a bevy of other brand-new technologies on offer as well such as the integrated AI Boost NPU with two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. vPro Enterprise and business-centric features such as the Remote Platform Erase are onboard as well. This laptop processors's "base" power consumption is 45 W, while its Turbo power consumption is not supposed to go over 115 W.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.89 kg:
With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.
2.89 kg:
51.5%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.