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ASUS ROG Strix 18" G18 Eclipse Gray
Powered by an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5060, it pairs an 18-inch 240Hz QHD anti-glare display with a vapor chamber and Conductonaut Extreme liquid metal cooling. 64GB of DDR5 memory and a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD enable seamless multitasking and game storage in a chassis under an inch thick. Ideal for content creators and streamers needing abundant RAM for simultaneous 4K editing, encoding, and high-refresh gaming.
CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
RAM 64 GB
Storage 2 TB
Screen 18" 2560x1600
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 3.4 kg
Battery 90 Wh
69 Overall Score
Price $3,025
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong ram (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong cpu (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong storage (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
- Below average compact (1th percentile)
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Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX |
| Cores | 24 |
| Frequency | 2.7 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 36 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 2 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 18" |
| Resolution | 2560 (QHD) |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% sRGB |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 3 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Ethernet | RJ-45 |
Physical
| Weight | 3.4 kg / 7.5 lbs |
| Battery | 90 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | ASUS ROG Strix 18" G18 | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 P16 Gen 3 | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US | HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Apple M4 Max | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V | AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 128 | 128 | 32 | 32 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 2048 | 4096 | 4096 | 1000 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Screen | 18" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 16" 3200x2000 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 1920x1200 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Laptop GPU 24GB GDDR7 | Intel Arc | Intel Arc | AMD Radeon 860M |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 3.4 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Battery (Wh) | 90 | 72 | 100 | - | 15 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | User Sentiment | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS ROG Strix 18" G18 | 96.7 | 83 | 97.8 | 97.9 | 90.5 | 1.2 | 94.5 | 77.6 | 58.2 | 43.8 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 91.9 | 18.5 | 99.5 | 79.5 | 99 | 67.3 | 98.6 | 77.6 | 96.2 | 87.1 |
| Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 P16 Gen 3 Compare | 96.7 | 89.1 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 97.1 | 10.8 | 98.6 | 77.6 | 78.6 | 88.7 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.6 | 64 | 81.2 | 82.7 | 90.1 | 95.2 | 73.9 | 93.9 | 58.2 | 85 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.8 | 64 | 81.2 | 66.4 | 94.8 | 85.4 | 81.4 | 0 | 78.6 | 96.3 |
| HP OmniBook X Flip 14-fk0033dx Compare | 74.8 | 60.2 | 83.9 | 82.7 | 71.6 | 77.5 | 69.5 | 98.2 | 31.9 | 96.3 |
Price
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