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MSI Cyborg 15 Max vs Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E

51 out of 100
MSI Cyborg 15 Max
VS
44 out of 100
Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E
MSI Cyborg 15 Max
Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E
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CPU Intel Core 7 240H
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Review

Evaluation of MSI Cyborg 15 Max and Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E important characteristics
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
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the MSI Cyborg 15 Max
  • Slightly easier to carry: weighs 100 grams less (around 0.22 lbs)
  • Can run popular games at about 57-77% higher FPS
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Around 38% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Advantages of the Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 144 Hz
  • Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
Laptop:
Cyborg 15 Max
vs
LOQ 15IRH11E

Case

Weight 2 kg (4.41 lbs) 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)
Dimensions 359 x 249 x 21-22.9 mm
14.13 x 9.8 x 0.83-0.9 inches		 344.9 x 254.83 x 20.9-23.25 mm
13.58 x 10.03 x 0.82-0.92 inches
Area 894 cm2 (138.5 inches2) 879 cm2 (136.2 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~75.1% ~77.2%
Side bezels 6.8 mm 7.7 mm
Colors Gray Gray
Material Plastic Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle - 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2

Display

Size 15.6 inches 15.3 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 144 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 141 ppi 148 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology No -
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Display tests
Contrast - 1000:1
sRGB color space - 100%
Response time - 9 ms
Max. brightness
Cyborg 15 Max
300 nits
LOQ 15IRH11E
300 nits

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
Charging port position Right Right, Bottom
Charge power 180 W 135 W
Weight of AC adapter - 503 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 5.2 GHz 4.8 GHz
Cores 10 (6P + 4E) 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 16 12
L3 Cache 24 MB 12 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (64EU) No
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Cyborg 15 Max
2437
LOQ 15IRH11E +4%
2526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cyborg 15 Max +37%
13249
LOQ 15IRH11E
9687
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 100 W 75 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 5 nm 8 nm
GPU base clock - 1403 MHz
GPU boost clock - 1635 MHz
FLOPS 13.6 TFLOPS 6.7 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps 12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 40
GPU performance 13.6 TFLOPS 6.7 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Cyborg 15 Max +96%
9850
LOQ 15IRH11E
5023
Blender GPU 2867 1179
Solar Bay 45560 21072
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 5200 MHz
Type DDR5 DDR5
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
Max. ram size 96 GB 32 GB

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip - Realtek ALC3287
Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.3
Fingerprint No No
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2 1x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel - 1.6 mm
Touchpad
Size - 12.0 x 7.5 cm
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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