MSI Creator A16 AI+ vs Apple MacBook Air 15 (M2)
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the MSI Creator A16 AI+
- Higher screen refresh rate: 240 versus 60 Hz
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Around 2.2x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a much bigger (~50%) battery – 99.9 against 66.5 watt-hours
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 15 (M2)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 590 grams less (around 1.3 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- MacBook with the Apple M2 chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Better webcam recording quality
- 19% sharper screen – 224 versus 189 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Much smaller footprint: 12% more compact case (125.4 vs 143.2 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) | 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 355.8 x 259.7 x 19.95 mm 14.01 x 10.22 x 0.79 inches |
340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches |
| Area | 924 cm2 (143.2 inches2) | 809 cm2 (125.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80.3% | ~83.9% |
| Side bezels | 5.6 mm | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Black, Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | - |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 15.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 240 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | - | No |
| PPI | 189 ppi | 224 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2880 x 1864 pixels |
| HDR support | - | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | No | Yes |
Screen space comparison
Creator A16 AI+
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
MacBook Air 15 (M2)
15.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 105.2 in2
~9% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1326:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 98.9% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 100% | 98.7% |
| Response time | - | 24 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 2:50 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes, 100 W | Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position | Left, Bottom | Left |
| Charge power | 240 W | 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 189 / 208 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.1 GHz | - |
| Cores | 12 (4P + 8E) | 8 (4P + 4E) |
| Threads | 24 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | AMD Radeon 890M | Apple M2 GPU |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 105 W | 15 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | Yes, Advanced Optimus | - |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1905 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2280 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | 11.7 TFLOPS | 2.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 6 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 96 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~16 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 11.7 TFLOPS | 2.9 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 2624 | 290 |
| Solar Bay | 35066 | 6590 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 7500 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Power | 6x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~85 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 3 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Surface | - | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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