ASUS TUF Gaming A18 (2025)
gaming
2025
18"
dGPU
⏱ ~9h
⚖️ 2.60 kg
⚖️ balanced
LB Score
77
out of 100
Fit for you
51/100
✚ Strong: fit_performance
⚠ Weak: fit_price
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
71
Ryzen 7 260
GPU
75
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
RAM max
64 GB
DDR5
Battery
90 Wh
~9h
Price
~$1,440
estimate
Age
1 year
2025
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 77/100. Strongest suit — Light office (99), weakest — Portability (2).
✓ Strengths
Light office (99) · Gaming (92)
⚠ Weaknesses
Portability (2)
💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$360/year (20%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
77
CPU score
71
High tier
GPU score
75
High tier
RAM max
64 GB
Professional
Weight
2.60 kg
Heavy
Battery
90 Wh
Huge
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CPU generation
Ryzen 8000 generation · model year 2025 — matches the model year
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The scale uses Intel-equivalent generation numbers: recent AMD Ryzen and Intel Core Ultra families map onto the same scale.
Full specifications
- Brand
- ASUS
- Series
- TUF Gaming/Dash
- Type
- Gaming≈
- Release year
- 2025≈
- Screen size
- 18"
- Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Panel type
- ips
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 7 260 , AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
- Graphics
- GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop 8GB , GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop 8GB , GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 8GB , GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
- RAM (max)
- 64 GB DDR5-5600≈
- Memory slots
- 2
- Memory configuration
- 2x8 GB
- Storage interface
- PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
- Storage slots
- 2
- Weight
- 2.60 kg
- Ports
- 4
- Battery
- 90 Wh
Configuration options
Available model options · 15 variants across 6 categories
🖥 Displays (2)
1920 x 1200
2560 x 1440
🎮 Graphics (4)
GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop 8GB
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop 8GB
GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 8GB
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
🔲 Memory (3)
16GB
32GB
64GB
💾 Storage (3)
512GB
1024GB
2048GB
⚙ Processors (2)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
🔋 Batteries (1)
90 Wh
Performance metrics
Performance
74
Portability
2
Light office
99
Gaming
92
Creative
85
Energy efficiency
90
Connectivity
65
Value
51
Color accuracy
85
Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | FPS (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 436 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | 400 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 329 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Far Cry 5 | 322 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Fortnite | 300 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 270 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 210 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Battlefield 5 | 180 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 170 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Metro Exodus | 170 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
💡 15 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
109%
RAM
800%
Grand Theft Auto V
✓ Runs well
CPU
355%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Cyberpunk 2077
✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
251%
RAM
800%
Minecraft
✓ Runs well
CPU
709%
GPU
752%
RAM
999%
Fortnite
✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
470%
RAM
800%
Valorant
✓ Runs well
CPU
473%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
301%
RAM
999%
Elden Ring
✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
157%
RAM
533%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
269%
RAM
800%
Apex Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
188%
RAM
999%
Hogwarts Legacy
✓ Runs well
CPU
158%
GPU
251%
RAM
400%
Dota 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
473%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Baldur's Gate 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
215%
RAM
800%
Starfield
✓ Runs well
CPU
101%
GPU
109%
RAM
400%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
215%
RAM
800%
League of Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
709%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Sims 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
473%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Helldivers 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
101%
GPU
116%
RAM
800%
Battlefield 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
158%
GPU
251%
RAM
800%
Far Cry 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
342%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
418%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
158%
GPU
215%
RAM
800%
Metro Exodus
✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
243%
RAM
800%
Overwatch
✓ Runs well
CPU
284%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
313%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
183%
RAM
800%
Escape from Tarkov
✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
301%
RAM
800%
God of War
✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
313%
RAM
800%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
251%
RAM
800%
Death Stranding
✓ Runs well
CPU
284%
GPU
243%
RAM
800%
Control
✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
251%
RAM
800%
Doom Eternal
✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✓ Runs well
CPU
394%
GPU
376%
RAM
999%
Hitman 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Flight Simulator 2020
✓ Runs well
CPU
253%
GPU
301%
RAM
800%
Watch Dogs Legion
✓ Runs well
CPU
253%
GPU
313%
RAM
800%
Borderlands 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
284%
GPU
269%
RAM
999%
Anno 1800
✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Rainbow Six Siege
✓ Runs well
CPU
591%
GPU
752%
RAM
999%
The Division 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
301%
RAM
800%
Gears Tactics
✓ Runs well
CPU
284%
GPU
502%
RAM
800%
Hunt Showdown
✓ Runs well
CPU
253%
GPU
376%
RAM
999%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
183%
RAM
800%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
376%
RAM
999%
Days Gone
✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
251%
RAM
800%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✓ Runs well
CPU
169%
GPU
313%
RAM
533%
Returnal
✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
188%
RAM
400%
Dying Light 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
183%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil Village
✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
215%
RAM
800%
The Callisto Protocol
✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
188%
RAM
800%
Atomic Heart
✓ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
313%
RAM
800%
Alan Wake 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
169%
GPU
116%
RAM
400%
Black Myth Wukong
✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
313%
RAM
400%
Ghost of Tsushima
✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
313%
RAM
800%
The Last of Us Part 1
✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
188%
RAM
400%
Diablo 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
137%
RAM
800%
Dead Space Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
183%
RAM
800%
Lies of P
✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
313%
RAM
800%
Sons of the Forest
✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
164%
RAM
533%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
473%
GPU
752%
RAM
999%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
394%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✓ Runs well
CPU
355%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
313%
RAM
800%
F1 24
✓ Runs well
CPU
394%
GPU
183%
RAM
800%
Need for Speed Heat
✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
215%
RAM
800%
Civilization 6
✓ Runs well
CPU
473%
GPU
752%
RAM
999%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✓ Runs well
CPU
394%
GPU
627%
RAM
800%
🔗 Same series
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