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MSI Katana 15 B13 RTX 4050 (2023)
MSI Katana 15 B13 RTX 4050 (2023) is a gaming laptop released in January 2023. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 105 W, processor Core i5-13420H, screen size 15.6″.
4.2Score
Graphics4.2
Overall performance3.9
Display2.3
Memory & storage3.1
Battery & portability3.9
Features & cooling3.3
price range$1,300–1,650Reference price converted from EUR
- Released
- January 2023
- Type
- Gaming laptop
- Brand
MSI- Popularity
- #217 of 1,575
- Model numbers
- B13VEK-1698XFR
GeForce RTX 4050 LaptopGraphics card
105 WGPU power (TGP)
Core i5-13420HProcessor
15.6″Screen size
144 HzRefresh rate
16 GBRAM (up to)
54 WhBattery capacity
2.25 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among gaming laptops of 2023
GPU power (TGP) · 105 WBottom 36%Screen size · 15.6″Bottom 22%Refresh rate · 144 HzBottom 37%RAM (up to) · 16 GBBottom 5%Battery capacity · 54 WhBottom 4%Weight · 2.25 kgTop 31%
Compared with gaming laptops released in 2023. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other gaming laptops
Why is Katana 15 B13 RTX 4050 (2023) a good choice?
Weight: 2.25 kgbetter than 79% of gaming laptops
Weak points
RAM (up to): 16 GBworse than 98% of gaming laptops
Video memory: 6 GBworse than 86% of gaming laptops
Battery capacity: 54 Whworse than 96% of gaming laptops
Refresh rate: 144 Hzworse than 84% of gaming laptops
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 105 W
- Video memory
- 6 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 2,560
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 11.7 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 8,448
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 8
- Max CPU clock
- 4.6 GHz
- Processor options
- Core i5-12450H, Core i7-12650H, Core i7-13620H, Core i9-13900H
Display
- Screen size
- 15.6″
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Refresh rate
- 144 Hz
- Brightness
- 250 nits
- sRGB coverage
- 57%
- Response time
- 33 ms
- DCI-P3 coverage
- 38%
- Pixel density
- 141 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- No
- Advanced Optimus
- No
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 16 GB
- RAM (base)
- 16 GB
- RAM speed
- 5,200 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 64 GB
- RAM slots
- 2
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 512 GB
- SSD (base)
- 512 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 2
- SSD interface
- PCIe 4.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 54 Wh
- Power adapter
- 200 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- No
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 2.25 kg
- Thickness
- 25 mm
- Width
- 359 mm
- Depth
- 259 mm
- Body material
- Plastic
- Colours
- Black
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- No
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
- Fan noise (max. load)
- 54.4 dB
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- No
- USB-C ports
- 1
- USB-A ports
- 3
- HDMI
- HDMI 2.1
- HDMI 2.1
- Yes
- (Mini) DisplayPort
- No
- Ethernet
- 1 Gbit/s
- Ethernet port
- Yes
- SD card reader
- No
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
Keyboard & camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- Yes
- Key travel
- 1.7 mm
- Webcam
- 720p
- IR camera (face login)
- No
- Fingerprint reader
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 2 speakers
- Dolby Atmos
- No
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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