MSI GF75 Thin vs ASUS TUF Gaming A17 FA706
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the MSI GF75 Thin
- Higher screen refresh rate: 144 versus 60 Hz
- Easier to carry: weighs 300 grams less (around 0.66 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the ASUS TUF Gaming A17 FA706
- Can run popular games at about 80-110% higher FPS
- Around 2.1x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Features a much bigger (~76%) battery – 90 against 51 watt-hours
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
Weight | 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs) | 2.6 kg (5.73 lbs) |
Dimensions | 397 x 260 x 22-23.1 mm 15.63 x 10.24 x 0.87-0.91 inches |
399.2 x 268.9 x 24.8 mm 15.72 x 10.59 x 0.98 inches |
Area | 1032 cm2 (160.1 inches2) | 1073 cm2 (166.5 inches2) |
Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.9% | ~76.9% |
Side bezels | 7 mm | 8.1 mm |
Colors | Black | Black, Gray |
Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
Cooling system | Active | Active |
Vapor chamber | No | No |
Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
Display
Size | 17.3 inches | 17.3 inches |
Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 60 Hz |
PPI | 127 ppi | 127 ppi |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
HDR support | No | No |
Touchscreen | No | No |
Coating | Matte | Matte |
sRGB color space | 100% | - |
Response time | 3 ms | - |
Battery
Capacity
Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
Replaceable | No | No |
Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
USB Power Delivery | No | Yes |
Charging port position | Bottom | Left |
Charge power | 180 W | 200 W |
CPU
CPU name
Base frequency | 2.5 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
Cores | 4 | 6 |
Threads | 8 | 12 |
L3 Cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Fabrication process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
TGP | - | 90-95 W |
Nvidia Optimus | Yes | Yes |
Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
Fabrication process | 12 nm | 8 nm |
GPU base clock | 1455 MHz | 1215 MHz |
GPU boost clock | 1590 MHz | 1567 MHz |
FLOPS | 4.884 TFLOPS | 12 TFLOPS |
Memory size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Memory bus | 192 bit | 192 bit |
Memory speed | ~12 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
Shading units (cores) | 1536 | 3840 |
Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 96 | 120 |
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 2 |
Max. ram size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
Storage
Storage size
Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
Total slots | 2 | 1 |
NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
Dolby Atmos | No | - |
Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.2 |
Fingerprint | No | No |
Optical drive | No | No |
Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
USB-A | 3x USB 3.2 | 3x USB 3.2 |
USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
Thunderbolt | No | No |
HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
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 type | Island | Island |
Numpad | No | Yes |
Backlight | Yes | Yes |
Surface | Glass | Plastic |
Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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