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MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM: price & specs

Name: MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM
Brand: MSI
Price: 1299 USD
Availability: InStock

The MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM costs $1299, #16 cheapest of 17 game consoles (median $599). It earns a Silver Deskmark — 64/100 pay-blind standing, #8 of 18 in class.

Verified Jul 8, 2026 · figures linked to their source in the table below

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Is the MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM a good buy?

At $1299, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM is #16 cheapest of the 17 game consoles we track, where the median is $599. On the spec sheet, its RAM of 32 GB is the highest of the 18, and its max of 120 fps is at the median of the 18.

Specifications

Price (US)	$1299 MSI US Official Store list price $1,299.99 for the Claw 8 AI+ A2VM-001US base config (Intel Core Ultra 7 258V / 32GB / 1TB), shown In Stock; recorded as 1299 per the catalog's whole-dollar (.99-truncated) convention.
Brand	MSI
Released	—
CPU	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (@ 2.2–4.8 GHz)
GPU (TFLOPS)	—
RAM (GB)	32
Storage (GB)	—
Max resolution	1920x1200
Max (fps)	120
Optical drive	No

Source: msi.com (verified 2026-07-08) · corroborated by us-store.msi.com. Re-fetched both MSI pages on 2026-07-08. The MSI official specification page (msi.com, Claw 8 AI+ A2VMX) confirms the 8" FHD+ 1920x1200 48-120Hz VRR touchscreen, LPDDR5x-8533 32GB memory-on-package, Intel Arc 140V GPU, M.2 2230 NVMe PCIe Gen4 storage, 6-cell 80Whr battery, 795 g weight and 299x126x24 mm dimensions, but lists the CPU only generically ("Up to Intel Core Ultra 7 Series 2"). The MSI US Official Store page for the exact SKU (Claw 8 AI+ A2VM-001US) confirms the CPU verbatim as "Intel® Core™ Ultra 7-258V 2.2 - 4.8 GHz", 32GB LPDDR5x-8533MHz, 1TB PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 2230 SSD, the 8" 1920x1200 120Hz 100% sRGB IPS-level display, and the list price of $1,299.99 (In Stock). SKU match is exact for -001US (sibling A2VM-222US is 2TB; Polar Tempest -084US is $1,149.00). No fetched page states a release year — both carry only a 2026 copyright and no "2025" appears anywhere — so releaseDate and specs.release are nulled rather than asserted (the prior 2025 claim rested on Wikipedia, which was not among the fetched URLs). No fetched page states a GPU TFLOPS figure for the Intel Arc 140V, so gpu_tflops remains null.

Is the MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM worth it vs cheaper game consoles?

MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM against its closest cheaper and pricier game consoles on the specs that matter — every value sourced. See all 17 ranked →

Product	Price	CPU	RAM (GB)	Max resolution	Max (fps)	Optical drive
MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM this	$1299	Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (@ 2.2–4.8 GHz)	32	1920x1200	120	No
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X	$999	AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme (8-core @ up to 5.0 GHz)	24	1920x1080	120	No
Lenovo Legion Go 2	$1349	AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (Zen 5, 8-core/16-thread)	32	1920x1200	144	No

Frequently asked questions

How much does the MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM cost?

The MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM has a US price of $1299 (MSI US Official Store list price $1,299.99 for the Claw 8 AI+ A2VM-001US base config (Intel Core Ultra 7 258V / 32GB / 1TB), shown In Stock; recorded as 1299 per the catalog's whole-dollar (.99-truncated) convention.), as of 2026-07-08.

How does the MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM compare on price?

At $1299, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM is #16 cheapest of the 17 game consoles we track, where the median is $599.

What are the MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM's key specs?

MSI Claw 8 AI+ A2VM (MSI): cpu Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (@ 2.2–4.8 GHz), ram gb 32, max resolution 1920x1200, max fps 120, optical drive No. Full sourced spec sheet verified 2026-07-08.