MSI GE66 Raider

  • Launched: January 2021
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~70.2%
  • Dimensions: 358 x 267 x 23.4 mm (14.09 x 10.51 x 0.92 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the MSI GE66 Raider
Performance
50
Gaming
53
Display
58
Battery Life
65
Connectivity
87
Portability
57
BestCheck Score
62

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the MSI GE66 Raider

Case

Weight 2.38 kg (5.25 lbs)
Dimensions 358 x 267 x 23.4 mm 14.09 x 10.51 x 0.92 inches
Area 956 cm2 (148.1 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~70.2%
Side bezels 6.3 mm
Colors Blue
Material Aluminum
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Number of fans 2

Display

 
Size 15.6 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 165 Hz
PPI 141 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology G-Sync
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Display tests
Response time 3 ms

Battery

Capicity
Battery type Li-Po
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Bottom
Charge power 230 / 240 / 280 W

CPU

 
Base frequency 2.6 GHz
Turbo frequency 5 GHz
Cores 6
Threads 12
L3 Cache 12 MB
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Fabrication process 14 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1653
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6261
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1193
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
7383

Graphics Card

 
TGP 130 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 8 nm
GPU base clock 1504 MHz
GPU boost clock 1802 MHz
FLOPS 13.8 TFLOPS
Memory size 6 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 192 bit
Memory speed 14 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 3840
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 120
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
GPU performance
13.8 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 3200 MHz
Type DDR4
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
Max. ram size 64 GB

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
NVMe Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0
Power 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E
Bluetooth v5.2
Fingerprint No
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 720
Ports
USB-A 3x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 3x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort 1x v1.4
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
SD card reader Yes
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes
Touchpad
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes