MSI Summit A16 AI+ vs Prestige A16 AI+

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Review

Evaluation of MSI Summit A16 AI+ and Prestige A16 AI+ 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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52.3
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Value Index
60.1
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the MSI Summit A16 AI+
  • Display has support for touch input
Advantages of the MSI Prestige A16 AI+
  • Easier to carry: weighs 200 grams less (around 0.44 lbs)
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs)
Dimensions 358 x 258.55 x 16.9-17.35 mm
14.09 x 10.18 x 0.67-0.68 inches
358 x 258.55 x 16.9-17.35 mm
14.09 x 10.18 x 0.67-0.68 inches
Area 926 cm2 (143.4 inches2) 926 cm2 (143.4 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.2% ~80.2%
Side bezels 6.7 mm 6.7 mm
Colors Black Silver
Material Top: Aluminum
Aluminum
Transformer Yes No
Opening angle 360° 180°
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) - 41.88 dB

Display

Size 16 inches 16 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 165 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes -
PPI 189 ppi 189 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels 2560 x 1600 pixels
HDR support No Yes, HDR10
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen Yes No
Coating - Glossy
Ambient light sensor Yes Yes
Display tests
Contrast - 1356:1
sRGB color space - 99.7%
Adobe RGB profile - 83.4%
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% 100%
Response time - 8 ms
Max. brightness
400 nits
400 nits

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time - 1:40 hr
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 Left Left
Charge power 100 W 100 W
Weight of AC adapter - 383 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo frequency 5 GHz 5 GHz
Cores 10 (4P + 6E) 10 (4P + 6E)
Threads 20 20
L3 Cache 24 MB 24 MB
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 880M AMD Radeon 880M
Fabrication process 4 nm 4 nm

Benchmarks

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

Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 15 W 15 W
Type Integrated Integrated
Fabrication process 4 nm 4 nm
GPU base clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU boost clock 2900 MHz 2900 MHz
FLOPS 4.5 TFLOPS 4.5 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared System Shared
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory speed 7.5 Gbps 7.5 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 768 768
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 48 48
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 16 16
GPU performance 4.5 TFLOPS 4.5 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 281 291
Solar Bay 14075 14084
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x4 GB
Clock 7500 MHz 7500 MHz
Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Upgradable No No

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 1 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness - ~82 dB
Microphones 3 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v7
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.4
Fingerprint Yes Yes
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A 1x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt No 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 No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel - 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size - 13.1 x 8.2 cm
Windows Precision Yes Yes
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.

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