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
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 3.4 kg
Battery 90 Wh
66 Overall Score
Price €0
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ram (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong port selection (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong cpu (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong storage (94th percentile) 94th
Cons
- Below average portability (1st 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 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 |
| 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 | 2560x1600 (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 Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | HP OMEN Transcend | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Apple M4 Max | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 2048 | 4096 | 2048 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 |
| Screen | 18" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 16" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 15" 2496x1664 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Intel Arc Graphics | Qualcomm Adreno GPU |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro |
| Weight (kg) | 3.4 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.7 |
| Battery (Wh) | 90 | 72 | - | 71 | - | 66 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | User Sentiment | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS ROG Strix 18" G18 | 96.3 | 82.4 | 97.9 | 97.6 | 92 | 1.1 | 94.2 | 79.3 | 59.8 | 51.3 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 92.5 | 84.8 | 96.1 | 77.2 | 99.3 | 69.8 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 97.4 | 88.9 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.3 | 92 | 98.7 | 99.7 | 95.5 | 7.2 | 97.5 | 94.9 | 80.6 | 87.1 |
| HP OMEN Transcend Compare | 88.2 | 92.7 | 90.5 | 91 | 96.4 | 73.6 | 67.7 | 79.3 | 32.8 | 97.3 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.6 | 65 | 80.8 | 80.8 | 91.6 | 96.4 | 72.4 | 94.9 | 59.8 | 88.1 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition Compare | 98.8 | 27.4 | 98.7 | 64.2 | 91 | 57.5 | 80.3 | 79.3 | 80.6 | 79.7 |
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