Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) G835LX 18" Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX 2.7GHz / Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop / 64GB RAM / 2TB SSD VS MSI Titan 18 HX AI A2XW (2025) 18"

The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) G835LX and the MSI Titan 18 HX AI A2XW are both gaming laptops with large 18-inch displays, but their design specifications show some notable differences. The ROG Strix Scar 18 weighs 3480 g, while the MSI Titan is slightly heavier at 3600 g. The Asus model has a volume of 2734.746 cm³, which is smaller than the Titan's 2976.672 cm³, indicating a slightly more compact build.

In terms of physical dimensions, the ROG Strix Scar 18 is 399 mm wide, 298 mm high, and 23 mm thick. The MSI Titan is a bit larger in width at 404 mm and in height at 307 mm, with a thickness of 24 mm, making it marginally bulkier overall. Both laptops feature backlit keyboards, which is common for gaming laptops, and neither uses a fanless design. Additionally, neither product is weather-sealed (splashproof), so they both lack protection against water or moisture.

In summary, while both laptops share similar core design features, the MSI Titan is slightly larger and heavier, whereas the ROG Strix Scar 18 is a bit more compact in volume and slightly thinner.

The display specifications of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) G835LX and the MSI Titan 18 HX AI A2XW (2025) share a similar 18-inch screen size, but there are some key differences in resolution and pixel density. The ROG Strix Scar 18 offers a resolution of 2560 x 1600 px with a pixel density of 167 ppi, while the MSI Titan has a higher resolution of 3840 x 2400 px, resulting in a significantly higher pixel density of 251 ppi.

Both laptops use Mini-LED technology alongside LCD panels for their displays, although the MSI Titan is not equipped with an anti-reflection coating, while the ROG Strix Scar 18 does feature this coating. Both models support up to four displays, and neither has a touchscreen.

In summary, the MSI Titan offers a sharper display with its higher resolution and pixel density, while the ROG Strix Scar 18 has an anti-reflection coating for improved visibility in bright environments.

When comparing the performance specifications of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) G835LX and the MSI Titan 18 HX AI A2XW, both laptops have very powerful components, but there are some notable differences in memory and storage. The ROG Strix Scar 18 has 64GB of RAM with a speed of 5600 MHz, while the MSI Titan boasts 96GB of RAM, running at a faster 6400 MHz. The ROG Strix Scar 18 comes with a 2048GB SSD, whereas the MSI Titan has a significantly larger 6144GB SSD, both of which are NVMe flash storage.

In terms of processing power, both laptops are equipped with an 8-core CPU that runs at 2.7 GHz (with 16 cores clocked at 2.1 GHz), and both feature 24 CPU threads. The CPU speed and thread count are identical between the two, with the MSI Titan's turbo clock speed being slightly higher at 5.5 GHz compared to the ROG Strix Scar 18's 5.4 GHz. The GPU in both laptops is the same, with 24GB of VRAM and GDDR7 memory, and both have a GPU clock speed of 990 MHz and a GPU turbo of 1515 MHz. The floating-point performance for both laptops is also identical at 31.8 TFLOPS, along with matching texture and pixel rates (496.9 GTexels/s and 193.9 GPixel/s, respectively).

Both laptops use multithreading, support DirectX 12 Ultimate, and feature 64-bit architecture. The memory configuration for both laptops includes 2 memory slots, PCI Express (PCIe) version 4, and a 4 nm semiconductor size. Notably, neither laptop has XeSS (XMX) support.

The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) G835LX and the MSI Titan 18 HX AI A2XW both have impressive PassMark benchmark scores. The ROG Strix Scar 18 achieves a total PassMark result of 56426, while the MSI Titan scores higher with 62297. In terms of single-thread performance, the ROG Strix Scar 18 has a result of 4723, while the MSI Titan has a slightly higher result of 4784.

Both laptops show strong performance across both total and single-thread benchmarks, with the MSI Titan edging out the ROG Strix Scar 18 in both categories.

The connectivity options of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) G835LX and the MSI Titan 18 HX AI A2XW are very similar, with a few key differences. Both laptops offer 3 USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB-A ports and 2 USB 4 40Gbps ports. Neither has USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports or Thunderbolt 3 or 4 ports. However, the MSI Titan provides an external memory slot, while the ROG Strix Scar 18 does not.

Both laptops have HDMI outputs (1 port), supporting HDMI 2.1, and they are equipped with USB Type-C and Bluetooth 5.4. Additionally, they support Wi-Fi versions ranging from Wi-Fi 4 to Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, and 802.11n), and they both have RJ45 ports for wired connections. Both also include AirPlay functionality.

In summary, the key difference lies in the presence of an external memory slot on the MSI Titan, which the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 lacks. Otherwise, both laptops offer comparable connectivity features.

The battery specifications of the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) G835LX and the MSI Titan 18 HX AI A2XW show a slight difference in battery size. The ROG Strix Scar 18 is equipped with a 90 Wh battery, while the MSI Titan has a slightly larger 99 Wh battery.

Both laptops feature sleep-and-charge USB ports, allowing users to charge devices even when the laptop is in sleep mode. Neither laptop includes a MagSafe power adapter.

In summary, while both laptops offer similar charging features, the MSI Titan has a slightly larger battery compared to the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18.

The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) G835LX and the MSI Titan 18 HX AI A2XW share many similar features, but there are some differences. Both laptops come with stereo speakers and a 3.5 mm audio jack. They both support ray tracing and DLSS, which are essential for modern gaming. However, the ROG Strix Scar 18 includes Dolby Atmos support, while the MSI Titan does not.

In terms of other features, the ROG Strix Scar 18 has two microphones and supports 3D facial recognition, whereas the MSI Titan has only one microphone and does not support 3D facial recognition. Both laptops lack a fingerprint scanner, stylus, and voice commands, but both include a front camera. Neither has an S/PDIF Out port, gyroscope, GPS, accelerometer, compass, or optical disc drive.

In summary, the key differences lie in the number of microphones and the inclusion of Dolby Atmos and 3D facial recognition on the ROG Strix Scar 18, which are not present on the MSI Titan.

The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) G835LX and the MSI Titan 18 HX AI A2XW share a number of similar technical features in this group. Both laptops use the Blackwell GPU architecture, support 3D, multi-display technology, and have Intel Resizable BAR. They also support ECC memory, with a memory bus width of 256-bit and an effective memory speed of 25400 MHz, resulting in the same maximum memory bandwidth of 811.5 GB/s. Both laptops also feature the same GPU memory speed of 2000 MHz and have identical render output units (ROPs), texture mapping units (TMUs), and shading units (128, 328, and 10496, respectively).

In terms of CPU specifications, both models feature an unlocked multiplier, a BGA 2114 CPU socket, and Turbo Boost version 2. They also share the same L3 cache size of 36 MB and L2 cache size of 40 MB. The CPUs in both laptops have the same temperature of 105 °C, with integrated graphics support and two memory channels. The ROG Strix Scar 18 has a maximum RAM speed of 6400 MHz, while the MSI Titan also supports 6400 MHz RAM speed. Both laptops also use big.LITTLE technology and have the same instruction sets, including MMX, F16C, FMA3, AES, AVX, AVX2, SSE 4.1, and SSE 4.2.

The only difference between the two is the clock multiplier: the ROG Strix Scar 18 has a clock multiplier of 27, while the MSI Titan has a slightly higher clock multiplier of 28. This is the only specification that differs between the two models in this group.