Performance
Serious gaming specs
As the first 18-inch laptop in the TUF Gaming family, the A18 boasts some seriously impressive specs, giving you access to the very best of gaming on Windows 11. Featuring an AMD® Ryzen™ 7 260 processor and up to an NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU, the A18 can easily play the latest games or keep your workflow on schedule.
NEXT-GENERATION POWER
Get ready for game-changing performance with the NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Laptop GPU inside our 2025 TUF Gaming A18. Sporting cutting-edge technologies like DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation and Ray Tracing, the A16 delivers incredible experiences in the latest and most graphically intense games.
Robust Performance
Equipped with a AMD® Ryzen™ 7 260 processor boasting 8 cores and 16 threads, the TUF Gaming A18 is a gaming monster. Whether you’re gaming, streaming, or anything in between, the A18 has all of the horsepower you need to stay on top of the leaderboard.
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EXPAND YOUR POWER
The TUF Gaming A18 features up to 2TB of PCIe Gen 4 storage, plenty even for gamers with the largest libraries. With a total of up to 32GB of high-speed DDR5 memory, everything from basic multi-tasking to demanding games will run smoothly. Best of all, both the storage and memory are fully accessible and upgradeable, giving you flexibility for the future.
All-new Design
The very first 18-inch laptop in the TUF Gaming family, the A18 is packed with killer features that take full advantage of that extra space. Featuring a 16:10 aspect ratio 2.5K resolution display, a full keyboard with a built-in numpad, an extra-large trackpad, and a 90Wh battery, the TUF Gaming A18 is the perfect mobile battlestation, all in one package.
Durability
MILITARY GRADE TOUGHNESS
In order to earn the TUF Gaming name, these laptops must successfully survive a rigorous battery of MIL-STD-810H tests. Test devices are exposed to drops, vibration, humidity, and extreme temperatures to ensure reliability. Dependable even in the harshest conditions, the A18 is more than capable of withstanding the accidental bumps and knocks of everyday life.
Cooling
Keep your cool
Powerful components require powerful cooling, so we’ve equipped the TUF Gaming A18 with a whole suite of technology to keep it running at peak performance. A full-width heatsink spans the entire rear of the machine, supplied with air from the 2nd Gen Arc Flow Fans™ inspired by aircraft engines. Combined with integrated dust filters and a complex network of heatpipes, the A18 will never lose its cool.
Ambient Cooling
Enjoy truly silent cooling under light workloads with 0dB Ambient Cooling technology. In the Silent operating mode, the cooling system switches off all its fans during light tasks to dissipate heat passively. This lets you concentrate on your work and immerse yourself in movies with less distraction. If CPU or GPU temperatures increase, the fans automatically switch on again.
0.1mm Ultra-Thin Copper Fins
Thermal energy is dissipated by heatsink, each lined with ultra-thin copper fins as slim as 0.1 mm. Higher density fins allow.
Full-width heatsink
The TUF Gaming A18 has a large full-width heatsink that spans the entire length of the laptop. The extra surface area allows ample room to transfer hot air out of the system, while also keeping the sides of the machine cool when you’re using a mouse or other peripherals.
85%
Heatsink-to-body ratio
Inward airflow 2.0
The Arc Flow fan shrouds have small cutouts designed to channel small amounts of air into the chassis and over the mainboard, keeping surface-mounted components cooler during extended gaming sessions.
Up to
3°C cooler
Surface Temperature
Display
NEVER MISS A MOMENT
The true highlight of the TUF Gaming A18 is its incredible 18-inch, 2.5K resolution, 240Hz display. NVIDIA G-SYNC synchronizes the display's refresh rate with the GPU's output to reduce lag, minimize stuttering, and eliminate visual tearing for ultra-smooth and lifelike gameplay. The 2.5K panel hits 100% of the DCI-P3 color space, reproducing colors exactly as the creator intended. On an 18-inch laptop chassis, this resolution packs an incredible pixel density, ensuring your videos and games are as immersive as possible without sacrificing portability.
Control
THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Arm yourself with a desktop-style keyboard optimized for gaming. Uniform RGB backlighting lets you brilliantly express your own unique style, while highlighted WASD accents give you a visual shortcut to key movement commands, with select models offering a new smoked look. Overstroke technology triggers higher in each keystroke for faster responsiveness and effortless control. In true TUF form, each key is durable enough to withstand over 20 million presses for superb long-term reliability and precision. The TUF Gaming A18 sports a mylar touchpad, enabling smooth scrolling with quiet clicks. The touchpad also has a report rate of 240Hz, giving the system more information on what you’re scrolling for and reducing accidental misclicks.
Larger Touchpad
Larger touchpad with a report rate of 240Hz and up to 17% of latency improvement.
Connectivity
SAFE PORT IN A STORM
No matter your setup, the TUF Gaming A18 will keep you connected. A dedicated HDMI 2.1 port is supplemented by dual USB Type-C with DisplayPort support, as well as the power and versatility of USB 4. Fast and reliable Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) ensures that you'll be able to get online and be productive wherever compatible connections are available, or you can wire up directly with gigabit Ethernet on-board. For added signal stability at long ranges, the A18 also employs TAS technology, giving you more freedom to work and play away from your router.
Portability
STAYING POWER
When you need to game or work on the go, the 2025 TUF Gaming A18 has more than enough juice to get the job done. A large 90Wh battery allows you to work away from the wall for longer, and USB Type-C charging allows you charging flexibility if you left the power supply at home.
Audio
Dolby Atmos
Richer audio draws you more deeply into gameplay and media. Virtual 5.1.2-channel surround sound powered by Dolby Atmos enhances spatial immersion with more nuanced, layered sound effects that you can optimize with specially tuned preset modes for movies and games.
AI Noise Cancellation
Our advanced Two-Way AI Noise cancellation technology runs on the CPU, which frees up the GPU to hit higher framerates. It works with any input device and also with downstream connections, letting you remove noise from both your own mic input and from incoming feeds. Noise-canceling settings can even be customized per program, filtering specific apps like voice chat without affecting game audio you want to remain untouched.