ASUS TUF Gaming A18 (2025)

gaming 2025 18" dGPU ⏱ ~9h ⚖️ 2.60 kg ⚖️ balanced
LB Score
75
out of 100
Fit for you
48/100
✚ Strong: fit_performance ⚠ Weak: fit_price
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CPU
71
GPU
70
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
RAM max
64 GB
DDR5
Battery
90 Wh
~9h
Price
~$1,440
estimate
Age
1 year
2025
📝 Our review

ASUS TUF Gaming A18 (2025) review

ASUS TUF Gaming A18 (2025) — from 2025, 2.6 kg, performance 71.

LB Score
75
/100
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TUF Gaming A18 (2025) vs

📌 Quick verdict

Overall score 75/100. Strongest suit — Light office (99), weakest — Portability (2).

✓ Strengths

Light office (99) · Energy efficiency (90)

⚠ Weaknesses

Portability (2)

💰 Price trend

$1,800 $1,476 $1,152 2025: $1,800 2025 2026: $1,440 2026 2027: $1,152 (forecast) 2027
📉 Loses ~$360/year (20%). Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.

Specs in context

LB Score 75
CPU score 71 High tier
GPU score 70 High tier
RAM max 64 GB Professional
Weight 2.60 kg Heavy
Battery 90 Wh Huge

Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.

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≈
Weight
2.60 kg
Ports
4
Battery
90 Wh

Performance metrics

Performance 75
Portability 2
Light office 99
Gaming 89
Creative 84
Energy efficiency 90
Connectivity 65
Value 48
Color accuracy 85

Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)

GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU (dGPU)
? GB · —
—

🎮 Gaming performance

FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU

Game FPS (1080p) Verdict
The Witcher 3 436 ✓ 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
CS:GO 240 ✓ Comfortable
Overwatch 240 ✓ Comfortable
Resident Evil 4 Remake 210 ✓ Comfortable
Battlefield 5 180 ✓ Comfortable
Cyberpunk 2077 170 ✓ Comfortable
Metro Exodus 170 ✓ Comfortable
GTA V 140 ✓ Comfortable
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) 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
101%
RAM
800%
Grand Theft Auto V ✓ Runs well
CPU
355%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Cyberpunk 2077 ✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
232%
RAM
800%
Minecraft ✓ Runs well
CPU
709%
GPU
696%
RAM
999%
Fortnite ✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
435%
RAM
800%
Valorant ✓ Runs well
CPU
473%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
278%
RAM
999%
Elden Ring ✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
145%
RAM
533%
Red Dead Redemption 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
248%
RAM
800%
Apex Legends ✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
174%
RAM
999%
Hogwarts Legacy ✓ Runs well
CPU
158%
GPU
232%
RAM
400%
Dota 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
473%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Baldur's Gate 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
199%
RAM
800%
Starfield ✓ Runs well
CPU
101%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
Call of Duty: Warzone ✓ Runs well
CPU
129%
GPU
199%
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
107%
RAM
800%
Battlefield 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
158%
GPU
232%
RAM
800%
Far Cry 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
316%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
387%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
158%
GPU
199%
RAM
800%
Metro Exodus ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Overwatch ✓ Runs well
CPU
284%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
PUBG: Battlegrounds ✓ Runs well
CPU
177%
GPU
290%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil 4 Remake ✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
170%
RAM
800%
Escape from Tarkov ✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
278%
RAM
800%
God of War ✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
290%
RAM
800%
Horizon Zero Dawn ✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
232%
RAM
800%
Death Stranding ✓ Runs well
CPU
284%
GPU
224%
RAM
800%
Control ✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
232%
RAM
800%
Doom Eternal ✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
348%
RAM
800%
Batman: Arkham Knight ✓ Runs well
CPU
394%
GPU
348%
RAM
999%
Hitman 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
348%
RAM
800%
Flight Simulator 2020 ✓ Runs well
CPU
253%
GPU
278%
RAM
800%
Watch Dogs Legion ✓ Runs well
CPU
253%
GPU
290%
RAM
800%
Borderlands 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
284%
GPU
248%
RAM
999%
Anno 1800 ✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
348%
RAM
800%
Rainbow Six Siege ✓ Runs well
CPU
591%
GPU
696%
RAM
999%
The Division 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
278%
RAM
800%
Gears Tactics ✓ Runs well
CPU
284%
GPU
464%
RAM
800%
Hunt Showdown ✓ Runs well
CPU
253%
GPU
348%
RAM
999%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands ✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
170%
RAM
800%
Mafia Definitive Edition ✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
348%
RAM
999%
Days Gone ✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
232%
RAM
800%
Ghostwire Tokyo ✓ Runs well
CPU
169%
GPU
290%
RAM
533%
Returnal ✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
174%
RAM
400%
Dying Light 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
170%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil Village ✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
199%
RAM
800%
The Callisto Protocol ✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
174%
RAM
800%
Atomic Heart ✓ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
290%
RAM
800%
Alan Wake 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
169%
GPU
107%
RAM
400%
Black Myth Wukong ✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
290%
RAM
400%
Ghost of Tsushima ✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
290%
RAM
800%
The Last of Us Part 1 ✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
174%
RAM
400%
Diablo 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
322%
GPU
348%
RAM
800%
Spider-Man Miles Morales ✓ Runs well
CPU
236%
GPU
348%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor ✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
126%
RAM
800%
Dead Space Remake ✓ Runs well
CPU
222%
GPU
170%
RAM
800%
Lies of P ✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
290%
RAM
800%
Sons of the Forest ✓ Runs well
CPU
142%
GPU
151%
RAM
533%
Rise of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
473%
GPU
696%
RAM
999%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
394%
GPU
348%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey ✓ Runs well
CPU
355%
GPU
348%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla ✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
290%
RAM
800%
F1 24 ✓ Runs well
CPU
394%
GPU
170%
RAM
800%
Need for Speed Heat ✓ Runs well
CPU
203%
GPU
199%
RAM
800%
Civilization 6 ✓ Runs well
CPU
473%
GPU
696%
RAM
999%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order ✓ Runs well
CPU
394%
GPU
580%
RAM
800%

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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

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