MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A2V) vs Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M5, 2025)
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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
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A2V)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 560 grams less (around 1.23 lbs)
- Better webcam recording quality
- Smaller footprint: 9% more compact case (97.3 vs 107.1 square inches)
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M5, 2025)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- MacBook with the Apple M5 (10-Core) chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 9% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Provides 150% higher max. screen brightness: 1000 vs 400 nits
- 49% sharper screen – 254 versus 170 pixels per inch (PPI)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 0.99 kg (2.18 lbs) | 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 299 x 210 x 16.9 mm 11.77 x 8.27 x 0.67 inches |
312.6 x 221.2 x 15.5 mm 12.31 x 8.71 x 0.61 inches |
| Area | 628 cm2 (97.3 inches2) | 691 cm2 (107.2 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81.7% | ~84.6% |
| Side bezels | 6.3 mm | 3.4 mm |
| Colors | White, Gray | Black, Silver |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 135° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 48 dB |
Display
| Size | 13.3 inches | 14.2 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | Mini LED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (24-120 Hz) |
| PPI | 170 ppi | 254 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 3024 x 1964 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
MacBook Pro 14 (M5, 2025)
14.2″ (16:10 ratio) = 90.6 in2
Prestige 13 AI+ (A2V)
13.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 79.5 in2
~13% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1000000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 88.8% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
| Response time | - | 48 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | - | 1:30 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes, 100 W |
| Charging port position | Left | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 65 W | 70 / 96 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 232 / 367 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 4.61 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.1 GHz | - |
| Cores | 16 (6P + 10E) | 10 (4P + 6E) |
| Threads | 16 | 10 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | Apple M5 GPU (10-core) |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 35 W | - |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU boost clock | 2250 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | 4.6 TFLOPS | 4.1 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 8.53 Gbps | 9.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 1024 | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 4.6 TFLOPS | 4.1 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 709 | 1853 |
| Solar Bay | 12787 | 24124 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 8533 MHz | 9600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 2x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~84.8 dB |
| Microphones | 3 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1944 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 3x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Size | - | 13.2 x 8.1 cm |
| Surface | Glass | 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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