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STRIX 18 U9 32GB 2TB 5080 W11H GRY
- Windows 11 Home 64-bit
- Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus (36MB Cache)
- 32GB (5600MHz) DDR5-SDRAM (2 x 16) & 2000GB SSD
- 18" 2.5K 2560 x 1600 Mini LED, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16GB GDDR7)
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Overview
ASUS ROG Strix G18 G815LW-SA265W, Intel Core Ultra 9, 45.7 cm (18"), 2560 x 1600 pixels, 32 GB, 2 TB, Windows 11 Home
Specifications
Design
- Product type
- Laptop
- Colour name
- Eclipse Gray
- Product colour
- Grey
- Form factor
- Clamshell
- Market positioning
- Gaming
- Introduction year
- 2025
- Country of origin
- China
Display
- Display diagonal
- 45.7 cm (18") cm
- HD type
- 2.5K
- Anti-glare screen
- Yes
- Display brightness
- 1200 cd/m² cd/m²
- Contrast ratio (typical)
- 100000:1
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) supported
- Yes
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology
- Dolby Vision
- RGB colour space
- DCI-P3
- Colour gamut
- 100% %
- Maximum refresh rate
- 240 Hz Hz
- Display resolution
- 2560 x 1600 pixels pixels
- Touchscreen
- No
- Panel type
- Mini LED
- Native aspect ratio
- 16:10
Power
- AC adapter output voltage
- 20 V V
- USB Power Delivery (USB PD)
- Yes
- USB Type-C charging port
- Yes
- AC adapter frequency
- 50 - 60 Hz Hz
- AC adapter output current
- 19 A A
- AC adapter power
- 380 W W
- AC adapter input voltage
- 100 - 240 V V
Weight & dimensions
- Weight
- 3.2 kg kg
- Depth
- 298 mm mm
- Width
- 399 mm mm
- Height (front)
- 2.35 cm cm
- Height (rear)
- 3.2 cm cm
Packaging data
- Package width
- 106 mm mm
- Package weight
- 6.81 kg kg
- Package depth
- 490 mm mm
- Package height
- 355 mm mm
Packaging content
- AC adapter included
- Yes
Logistics data
- Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS)
- 8471300000
Processor
- Efficient cores
- 16
- Efficient-core base frequency
- 1.8 GHz GHz
- Processor cache
- 36 MB MB
- Processor base power
- 55 W W
- Processor family
- Intel Core Ultra 9
- Processor threads
- 24
- Performance cores
- 8
- Processor model
- 290HX Plus
- Processor cores
- 24
- Processor boost frequency
- 5.5 GHz GHz
- Processor generation
- Intel Core Ultra (Series 2)
- Processor manufacturer
- Intel
- Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency
- 5.5 GHz GHz
- Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency
- 4.7 GHz GHz
- Performance-core base frequency
- 2.7 GHz GHz
- Maximum turbo power
- 160 W W
Neural processor unit (NPU)
- Neural processor unit (NPU)
- Intel AI Boost
- AI software frameworks supported by NPU
- DirectML, OpenVINO, Windows ML, ONNX RT, WebNN
- NPU performance up to
- 13 TOPs TOPs
- Sparsity support
- Yes
- Windows Studio effects support
- Yes
- Total processor performance up to
- 36 TOPs TOPs
- GPU performance up to
- 8 TOPs TOPs
Storage
- SSD capacity
- 2 TB TB
- Total storage capacity
- 2 TB TB
- Total SSDs capacity
- 2 TB TB
- Number of SSDs installed
- 1
- NVMe
- Yes
- SSD form factor
- M.2
- SSD interface
- PCI Express 4.0
- Storage media
- SSD
- Optical drive type
- No
Graphics
- On-board graphics card model
- Intel® Graphics
- Discrete GPU manufacturer
- NVIDIA
- Discrete graphics memory type
- GDDR7
- NVIDIA G-SYNC
- Yes
- On-board graphics card
- Yes
- Discrete graphics card model
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
- Discrete graphics card memory
- 16 GB GB
- Discrete graphics card
- Yes
- On-board GPU manufacturer
- Intel
- On-board graphics card family
- Intel® Graphics
Camera
- Front camera
- Yes
- Front camera resolution
- 1920 x 1080 pixels pixels
- Front camera HD type
- Full HD
- Infrared (IR) camera
- Yes
Ports & interfaces
- USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity
- 3
- HDMI ports quantity
- 1
- HDMI version
- 2.1
- Thunderbolt 5 ports quantity
- 2
- USB 2.0 ports quantity
- 0
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity
- 0
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantity
- 0
- Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- 1
- Intel® Thunderbolt 5
- Yes
- Combo headphone/mic port
- Yes
Memory
- Maximum internal memory
- 64 GB GB
- Memory form factor
- SO-DIMM
- Memory slots
- 2x SO-DIMM
- Internal memory
- 32 GB GB
- Internal memory type
- DDR5-SDRAM
- Memory clock speed
- 5600 MHz MHz
- Memory layout (slots x size)
- 2 x 16 GB GB
- Memory channels
- Dual-channel
Audio
- Audio system
- Dolby Atmos
- Number of built-in speakers
- 2
- Built-in microphone
- Yes
Network
- Top Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
- Ethernet LAN
- Yes
- Ethernet LAN data rates
- 10,100,1000,2500 Mbit/s Mbit/s
- Mobile network connection
- No
- Wi-Fi standards
- Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
- Antenna type
- 2x2
- Bluetooth version
- 5.4
- Bluetooth
- Yes
Software
- Operating system installed
- Windows 11 Home
- Operating system architecture
- 64-bit
- Trial software
- 1-month trial for new Microsoft 365 customers; McAfee 30 days free trial
- Bundled software
- Xbox Game Pass Premium_2 months (*Terms and exclusions apply. Offer only available in eligible markets for Xbox Game Pass Premium. Eligible markets are determined at activation. Game catalog varies by region, device, and time.)
Keyboard
- Numeric keypad
- Yes
- Keyboard backlit colour
- RGB
- Keyboard backlit zone
- Per-key RGB
- Copilot key
- Yes
- Pointing device
- Touchpad
- Keyboard backlit
- Yes
Security
- Face recognition
- Yes
- Windows Hello
- Yes
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
- Yes
- Password protection
- Yes
- Password protection type
- BIOS, User
Battery
- Battery technology
- Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
- Number of battery cells
- 4
- Battery capacity
- 90 Wh Wh
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