Design:
| Type |
Productivity |
| weight |
2500 g |
| Uses a fanless design |
✕ |
| Has a backlit keyboard |
✓ |
| volume |
2005.374 cm³ |
| width |
359 mm |
| height |
266 mm |
| thickness |
21 mm |
| is weather-sealed (splashproof) |
✕ |
The MSI Crosshair 16 HX D14V is classified as a productivity laptop with a physical footprint of 359mm wide, 266mm deep, and 21mm thick, resulting in a total volume of approximately 2005cm³. It weighs 2,500g and uses an active cooling system rather than a fanless design. The keyboard includes backlighting, while the chassis does not carry a weather-sealed or splashproof rating.
Display:
| screen size |
16" |
| resolution |
2560 x 1600 px |
| pixel density |
188 ppi |
| Display type |
IPS |
| has a touch screen |
✕ |
| refresh rate |
240Hz |
| has anti-reflection coating |
✕ |
| supported displays |
4 |
The laptop features a 16″ IPS panel with a 2560 × 1600 resolution and a pixel density of 188ppi, delivering a reasonably sharp image across its widescreen format. It supports a 240Hz refresh rate, which benefits motion-intensive workloads, though it lacks both a touch screen and an anti-reflection coating. The system can drive up to four displays simultaneously, including the built-in screen.
Performance:
| RAM |
32GB |
| RAM speed |
5600 MHz |
| Uses flash storage |
✓ |
| internal storage |
1024GB |
| CPU speed |
8 x 2.1 & 12 x 1.5 GHz |
| CPU threads |
28 threads |
| VRAM |
8GB |
| floating-point performance |
20.04 TFLOPS |
| GDDR version |
GDDR6X |
| texture rate |
313.2 GTexels/s |
| pixel rate |
104.4 GPixel/s |
| Is an NVMe SSD |
✓ |
| DirectX version |
DirectX 12 Ultimate |
| GPU clock speed |
1230 MHz |
| uses multithreading |
✓ |
| maximum memory amount |
96GB |
| DDR memory version |
5 |
| turbo clock speed |
5.5GHz |
| GPU turbo |
2175 MHz |
| memory slots |
2 |
| PCI Express (PCIe) version |
4 |
| semiconductor size |
4 nm |
| has XeSS (XMX) |
✕ |
| Supports 64-bit |
✓ |
The processor runs across 20 cores totalling 28 threads, with performance cores clocked at 2.1GHz and efficiency cores at 1.5GHz, reaching a turbo frequency of 5.5GHz, and the chip is built on a 4nm process with full 64-bit and multithreading support. The system comes with 32GB of DDR5 RAM at 5600MHz across two slots, expandable to a maximum of 96GB, paired with a 1TB NVMe SSD using PCIe 4.0. On the graphics side, the GPU base clock sits at 1230MHz with a turbo of 2175MHz, backed by 8GB of GDDR6X VRAM delivering 20.04 TFLOPS of floating-point performance, a texture rate of 313.2 GTexels/s, a pixel rate of 104.4 GPixel/s, and support for DirectX 12 Ultimate; XeSS is not supported.
Benchmarks:
| Geekbench 6 result (multi) |
13529 |
| Geekbench 6 result (single) |
2504 |
| PassMark (G3D) result |
19574 |
| PassMark result |
37155 |
| PassMark result (single) |
3987 |
In CPU benchmarking, the system scores 13,529 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 2,504 in the single-core test, while the overall PassMark result comes in at 37,155 with a single-thread score of 3,987. GPU performance is reflected in a PassMark G3D score of 19,574, giving a broader picture of the graphics subsystem's measured throughput.
Connectivity:
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (USB-C) |
1 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (USB-A) |
0 |
| USB 4 20Gbps ports |
0 |
| USB 4 40Gbps ports |
0 |
| Thunderbolt 4 ports |
0 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (USB-C) |
0 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (USB-A) |
3 |
| Thunderbolt 3 ports |
0 |
| has an HDMI output |
✓ |
| Has USB Type-C |
✓ |
| supports Wi-Fi |
✓ |
| Wi-Fi version |
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) |
| has an external memory slot |
✕ |
| Bluetooth version |
5.3 |
| RJ45 ports |
1 |
| HDMI ports |
1 |
| HDMI version |
HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort outputs |
0 |
| has AirPlay |
✓ |
| mini DisplayPort outputs |
0 |
| has a VGA connector |
✕ |
Wired connectivity includes one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, three USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, a single HDMI 2.1 output, and one RJ45 port for Ethernet; there are no Thunderbolt 3 or 4 ports, no DisplayPort or mini DisplayPort outputs, and no VGA connector. Wireless options cover Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) alongside backwards-compatible Wi-Fi 6, 5, and 4 standards, paired with Bluetooth 5.3. AirPlay is supported, but there is no external memory card slot.
Battery:
| battery size |
90 Wh |
| Has sleep-and-charge USB ports |
✓ |
| Has a MagSafe power adapter |
✕ |
The laptop is equipped with a 90Wh battery and includes sleep-and-charge functionality on its USB ports, allowing connected devices to be charged even when the system is powered off. It does not use a MagSafe power adapter.
Features:
| has stereo speakers |
✓ |
| has a socket for a 3.5 mm audio jack |
✕ |
| supports ray tracing |
✓ |
| supports DLSS |
✓ |
| has Dolby Atmos |
✕ |
| Stylus included |
✕ |
| Has a fingerprint scanner |
✕ |
| number of microphones |
1 |
| Uses 3D facial recognition |
✕ |
| has voice commands |
✕ |
| has a front camera |
✓ |
| Has S/PDIF Out port |
✕ |
| has a gyroscope |
✕ |
| has GPS |
✕ |
| has an accelerometer |
✕ |
| has a compass |
✕ |
| Has an optical disc drive |
✕ |
The laptop includes stereo speakers, a single microphone, and a front-facing camera, though it lacks a 3.5mm headset jack, Dolby Atmos support, and an S/PDIF output. On the graphics side, it supports both ray tracing and DLSS, while biometric options are absent — there is no fingerprint scanner and no 3D facial recognition. Motion and location sensors are not present, meaning no gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, or GPS, and voice commands are not supported. No stylus is included, and the unit does not have an optical disc drive.
Miscellaneous:
| clock multiplier |
21 |
| PassMark (DirectCompute) result |
8162 |
| number of transistors |
22900 million |
| has LHR |
✕ |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) |
115W |
| Supports 3D |
✓ |
| Supports multi-display technology |
✓ |
| OpenCL version |
3 |
| OpenGL version |
4.6 |
| Supports ECC memory |
✓ |
| memory bus width |
128-bit |
| effective memory speed |
16000 MHz |
| maximum memory bandwidth |
256 GB/s |
| render output units (ROPs) |
48 |
| texture mapping units (TMUs) |
144 |
| shading units |
4608 |
| Has Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP) |
✓ |
| GPU memory speed |
2000 MHz |
| GPU architecture |
Ada Lovelace |
| PassMark result (overclocked) |
39466 |
| GPU name |
UHD Graphics 770 |
| Type |
Laptop |
| instruction sets |
MMX, F16C, FMA3, AES, AVX, AVX2, SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2 |
| L3 cache |
33 MB |
| Has an unlocked multiplier |
✕ |
| Has NX bit |
✓ |
| CPU temperature |
100 °C |
| GPU execution units |
32 |
| Has integrated graphics |
✓ |
| memory channels |
2 |
| RAM speed (max) |
5600 MHz |
| Uses big.LITTLE technology |
✓ |
The CPU is a laptop-class processor using big.LITTLE technology with a clock multiplier of 21, a 115W TDP, a maximum operating temperature of 100°C, 33MB of L3 cache, and NX bit support; it includes integrated UHD Graphics 770 with 32 execution units, while the multiplier is locked. The discrete GPU is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture and houses 4,608 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs, with GPU memory running at 2,000MHz and an effective speed of 16,000MHz across a 128-bit bus, delivering a maximum bandwidth of 256 GB/s; it supports Double Precision Floating Point, multi-display output, and stereoscopic 3D, but does not carry LHR restrictions. The chip contains approximately 22,900 million transistors and supports a broad instruction set including AVX2, AES, FMA3, F16C, SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, and MMX. OpenCL 3 and OpenGL 4.6 are supported alongside ECC memory, with RAM capped at 5600MHz across two channels, and the system scores 8,162 in PassMark DirectCompute and 39,466 in the overclocked PassMark result.
