MSI Stealth 16 AI+ (2026) vs Lenovo Pro 9i Aura Edition (16")

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Display 2560 x 1600
CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
GPU
RAM
Storage

Review

Evaluation of MSI Stealth 16 AI+ (2026) and Lenovo Pro 9i Aura Edition (16") 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 Stealth 16 AI+ (2026)
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 240 versus 120 Hz
  • Can run popular games at about 19-26% higher FPS
  • Performs better (up to 27%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Around 9% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 128GB)
  • Provides 20% higher max. screen brightness: 600 vs 500 nits
Advantages of the Lenovo Pro 9i Aura Edition (16")
  • Display has support for touch input

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.99 kg (4.39 lbs) 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs)
Dimensions 354 x 246 x 16.65-19.99 mm
13.94 x 9.69 x 0.66-0.79 inches
360.6 x 247.9 x 17.2 mm
14.2 x 9.76 x 0.68 inches
Area 871 cm2 (135.1 inches2) 894 cm2 (138.6 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~85.2% ~83%
Side bezels 4.7 mm 8 mm
Colors Black Gray
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No No
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) - 50.1 dB

Display

Size 16 inches 16 inches
Type OLED OLED
Refresh rate 240 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate - Yes
PPI 189 ppi 212 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels 2880 x 1800 pixels
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No Yes
Coating Matte Glossy (Antireflective)
Ambient light sensor Yes Yes
Display tests
Contrast 1000000:1 1000000:1
sRGB color space - 100%
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% 100%
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W Yes
Charging port position Left Left
Charge power 240 W 170 / 245 W
Weight of AC adapter - 753 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.1 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.9 GHz 4.7 GHz
Cores 16 (4P + 12E) 16 (4P + 12E)
Threads 16 16
L3 Cache 18 MB 18 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Xe3 Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Fabrication process 2 nm 2 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 115 W 100 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX Yes, Advanced Optimus
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 4 nm 5 nm
FLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS 13.6 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~24 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 3328 2560
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 104 80
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 32
GPU performance 18.4 TFLOPS 13.6 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 3592 2763
Solar Bay 53423 40893
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x16 GB
Clock 7200 MHz 7467 MHz
Type DDR5 LPDDR5X
Upgradable Yes No
Total slots 2 -
Max. ram size 128 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 1x1024 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip - Cirrus Logic CS42L43
Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)
Power 2x2W, 2x2W 4x2W, 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Loudness - ~83.1 dB
Microphones 2 4

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v7
Bluetooth v6.0 v6.0
Fingerprint Yes No
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 -
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 3.2
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) Yes No
SD card reader No Yes
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel - 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size - 15.0 x 9.5 cm
Surface - Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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