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MSI Pulse 17 RTX 4050 (2023)
MSI Pulse 17 RTX 4050 (2023) is a gaming laptop released in January 2023. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 140 W, processor Core i7-13620H, screen size 17.3″.
5.8Score
Graphics5.0
Overall performance6.6
Display2.2
Memory & storage7.5
Battery & portability3.3
Features & cooling4.1
price range—
- Released
- January 2023
- Type
- Gaming laptop
- Brand
MSI- Popularity
- #544 of 1,608
GeForce RTX 4050 LaptopGraphics card
140 WGPU power (TGP)
Core i7-13620HProcessor
17.3″Screen size
144 HzRefresh rate
64 GBRAM (up to)
90 WhBattery capacity
2.7 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among gaming laptops of 2023
GPU power (TGP) · 140 WTop 33%Screen size · 17.3″Top 15%Refresh rate · 144 HzBottom 38%RAM (up to) · 64 GBTop 24%Battery capacity · 90 WhTop 36%Weight · 2.7 kgBottom 33%
Compared with gaming laptops released in 2023. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other gaming laptops
Why is Pulse 17 RTX 4050 (2023) a good choice?
GPU power (TGP): 140 Wbetter than 71% of gaming laptops
Battery capacity: 90 Whbetter than 70% of gaming laptops
RAM (up to): 64 GBbetter than 73% of gaming laptops
Geekbench 6 multi-core: 12,873better than 73% of gaming laptops
Fan noise (max. load): 46.5 dBbetter than 92% of gaming laptops
Screen size: 17.3″better than 89% of gaming laptops
Weak points
Video memory: 6 GBworse than 86% of gaming laptops
Weight: 2.7 kgworse than 75% of gaming laptops
Refresh rate: 144 Hzworse than 84% of gaming laptops
Thickness: 27.2 mmworse than 78% of gaming laptops
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 140 W
- Video memory
- 6 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 2,560
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 13.4 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 8,645
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 10
- CPU threads
- 16
- Max CPU clock
- 4.9 GHz
- Processor options
- Core i7-13620H, Core i7-13700H
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 12,873
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 2,608
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 861
Display
- Screen size
- 17.3″
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Refresh rate
- 144 Hz
- Brightness
- 250 nits
- sRGB coverage
- 58%
- Response time
- 28 ms
- DCI-P3 coverage
- 38%
- Pixel density
- 127 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- No
- Advanced Optimus
- No
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 64 GB
- RAM (base)
- 16 GB
- RAM speed
- 5,200 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 64 GB
- RAM slots
- 2
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 2,048 GB
- SSD (base)
- 512 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 2
- SSD interface
- PCIe 4.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 90 Wh
- Power adapter
- 240 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- No
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 2.7 kg
- Thickness
- 27.2 mm
- Width
- 398 mm
- Depth
- 273 mm
- Body material
- Plastic
- Colours
- Black, Gray
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- No
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
- Fan noise (max. load)
- 46.5 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 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
- 2.0
- 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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