High-End Gaming and Workstation Laptop Specialist Eurocom has just released an update of its flagship mobile supercomputer, the Raptor X18.
It is one of the fastest laptops ever built and is likely to earn a well -deserved place in our best mobile workstation buying guide.
Its basic configuration runs on a core Ultra 9 275HX, the fastest portable processor from the Intel and the top of the Range model will set you back more than $ 15,000.
For that outlay you get a mobile Nvidia GeForce RTX5090 GPU with 24 GB GDDR7, 256 GB DDR5 RAM – the only one I know that can take so much memory – as well as four WD_BLACK 8TB PCIE Gen4 SSD configured in RAID -0.
As for previous mobile supercomputers, Eurocom has entrusted an ODM – probably Clevo – with the design and manufacture of what is right now the most powerful laptop in the world.
The result is a convenient if, in the end, end with its true origin betrayed by the presence of an RGB keyboard with individual key lighting, N-key Rollover & Anti-Ghosting.
A mobile supercomputer can also be one of the best gaming -bearable computers.
The 18 -inch screen that ends its setup can be specified up to an UHD+ resolution (it’s 3240 x 2400 pixels with a 16:10 image ratio).
Its 200Hz update speed shows that it can also be a decent game panel.
Where this laptop lacks a lot of battery life; Even with a 99WHR battery, I do not expect users to use this laptop under load for more than 60 minutes; Consider the battery as an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) instead.
It is down to the presence of a power-hungry GPU and CPU (which requires 175W and 55W respectively) as well as four memory modules, a large screen and four SSDs.
You can also find its weight (7.9 lbs/3.6 kg) and its dimensions (400 x 320 x 33 mm) to be a little overwhelming, but then again it is more a desk replacement rather than a true laptop.
Raptor X18 vs 16-inch MacBook Pro
In comparison, the most powerful Apple laptop, the 16-inch MacBook Pro, has one of the best laptops ever built, a maximum sale price of $ 7,199 when configured with 128 GB RAM and 8TB SSD.
1TB SSD version Retails for only $ 4,999 or one third of the price of X18.
275HX is the most powerful portable CPU available right now that is when, on popular benchmark software Passmar, a CPU mark of just over 61,000.
The 16-core M4 Max, Apple’s most powerful portable CPU, delivers approx. 43,700 points, a 40% speed delta.
Compared to desktop colleagues, 275HX comes in front of the EPYC 74F3, a 3-year-old server CPU from AMD that has the same number of cores but a TDP 4x higher.
Raptor X18 vs WorkStation PC
There are other Core 9 Ultra 275HX -Bearing computers scheduled for release in the coming weeks, but Eurocom’s laptop is the only one with four Sodimm slots.
I configured a popular workstation -PC, Precision 5860 that matches the Raptor X18.
With a slower Intel Xeon W7-2495X CPU Alter-ego came out with a shocking $ 15,700 price tag without a 4K screen.
The only rescuing grace for the desktop work station is the 3-year basic service with remote diagnosis that Dell delivers.
I love the fact that the X18 does not have one but two 2.5 GBE ethernet ports, the first time I have seen this combination on a laptop, it is beyond the Wi-Fi 7.
