It only took a day for rumored leaked images and specs for MSI’s unreleased gaming handheld to appear online. MSI teased its new Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally competitor on social media earlier this week and alleged GeekBench scores appear to detail the upcoming portable gaming device. While the scores and specs do appear to be legitimate it should always be noted that faked benchmark scores/specs have surfaced in the past for other technology which is something that should always be taken into consideration when viewing “leaked” scores for unreleased tech. That being said, this information appears to be accurate.
The leaked image seems to be an early advert promoting its CES 2024 debut and according to a guess by VideoCardz, this and the early teaser social media post could’ve simply been timed releases that may not have launched according to their intended timelines since the advert contains much of the same information.
Rumored Leaked overseas MSI CLAW advert:
The rumored leaked images show a design that has become the de facto standard for handhelds with controllers (which appear to have RGB), main buttons, and screen placement. The image does not allow complete viewing of the triggers nor are any ports visible so those configurations remain unknown. Now while the Geekbench scores do not reveal details such as display type, dimensions, audio, battery, etc., they do show something fairly exciting for the new gaming handheld sector, the CLAW could be using an Intel Meteor Lake APU!
GeekBench Information
The scores reveal an Intel Redwood Cove Crestmont processor featuring Xe-LPG Arc Graphics. The Intel Core 7 Ultra 155H processor has 16 cores / 22 threads with a boost clock rate of up to 4.8 GHz and could come with 32 GB of memory right out of the box which is double the amount of RAM of other current portable gaming devices. This processor is listed as having a base Soc TDP of 28W but can go as high as 155W so it’s probable that should these specs turn out to be real MSI will have profiles for running on battery or when plugged into other power.
The ARC Alchemist graphics feature 8 Xe-cores at a clock rate of 2.25 GHz. There were two sets of scores shared online, one presumably while running at a lower clock speed and then the other while operating at its max boosted clock rate. The cache sizes between the two seem to be different but this could be due to its E-core / P-core architecture and both show a base clock of 3.80 GHz. MSI’s CLAW also appears to be running Windows 11 Pro 64-bit.
