Description
Protect your honor and defeat your enemies. Awaken your inner power and inherit the will of the Dragon; in your hands is the Dragon's Blade. Take down all your opponents who stand in your way with the legendary Katana 15 B12V blade.
MULTI-CORE ARCHITECTURE
Katana 17 B12U is equipped with the latest 12th generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor which gives performance and efficiency and provides an unprecedented boost in multitasking and heavy gaming.
GEFORCE RTX™ 40 SERIES LAPTOPS
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 40 Series GPUs are blazing fast for gamers and creators. They are powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture that delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. Experience realistic virtual worlds with ray tracing and ultra-high FPS gaming with the lowest latency. Discover revolutionary new ways to create and experience unprecedented workflow acceleration.
AI-BASED PERFORMANCE
AND REALISTIC GRAPHICS*
Get a quantum leap in performance in games and creative apps with AI-powered DLSS 3 and enable realistic virtual worlds with ray tracing.
RAY TRACING
HYPERALISTIC. HYPERFAST.
The Ada architecture unleashes the full glory of ray tracing, which simulates the behavior of light in the real world. With the power of RTX 40 Series and third-generation RT cores, you can experience incredibly detailed virtual worlds like never before.
PERFORMANCE AND POWER
OPTIMIZE
NVIDIA Max-Q is an advanced suite of AI-powered technologies that optimize your system for maximum efficiency. This results in laptops that are incredibly fast, thin, quiet, and have amazing battery life.
FAST AND SMOOTH DISPLAY
Never miss a shot with the stunning visuals and smooth refresh rate of the 144Hz IPS-level display.
LIGHT UP YOUR GAME IN STYLE
The Katana series features a 4-zone RGB keyboard with WASD and specially designed keycaps. Enjoy the colorful light that shines like pulsed energy, giving you an immersive gaming experience!
COOLING SOLUTION
WITH CPU&GPU SHARED-PIPE DESIGN
Introducing the new Shared-Pipe design, the heat pipe connected to both the CPU and the GPU. Shared-Pipe can improve thermal capacity, especially releasing CPU performance! With MSI Cooler Boost 5, gamers can freely explore the complex world of gaming.
STRIKE FASTER
Accelerate performance across the board with faster memory read/write speeds on DDR5 memory.
LOADING SPEED
With extremely high performance and bandwidth of up to 7.88GB/s, PCIe Gen 4 allows users to load any game and task with lightning-fast speeds.
THE BEST OF MUSIC
Immerse yourself in lossless music and enjoy premium sound quality with Hi-Res Audio.
ELEVATE YOUR AUDIO
Experience audio the way it was intended and share it with Nahimic's 3D surround and in-game sound sharing via Bluetooth.
GET ALL BUFFS
The unique MSI Center helps you control and customize your MSI laptop the way you want.
MSI APP Player
Developed under an exclusive partnership with BlueStacks, MSI APP Player offers a seamless gaming experience between mobile gaming and PC.
MULTI-CORE ARCHITECTURE
Katana 17 B12U is equipped with the latest 12th generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor which gives performance and efficiency and provides an unprecedented boost in multitasking and heavy gaming.
GEFORCE RTX™ 40 SERIES LAPTOPS
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 40 Series GPUs are blazing fast for gamers and creators. They are powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture that delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. Experience realistic virtual worlds with ray tracing and ultra-high FPS gaming with the lowest latency. Discover revolutionary new ways to create and experience unprecedented workflow acceleration.
AI-BASED PERFORMANCE
AND REALISTIC GRAPHICS*
Get a quantum leap in performance in games and creative apps with AI-powered DLSS 3 and enable realistic virtual worlds with ray tracing.
RAY TRACING
HYPERALISTIC. HYPERFAST.
The Ada architecture unleashes the full glory of ray tracing, which simulates the behavior of light in the real world. With the power of RTX 40 Series and third-generation RT cores, you can experience incredibly detailed virtual worlds like never before.
PERFORMANCE AND POWER
OPTIMIZE
NVIDIA Max-Q is an advanced suite of AI-powered technologies that optimize your system for maximum efficiency. This results in laptops that are incredibly fast, thin, quiet, and have amazing battery life.
FAST AND SMOOTH DISPLAY
Never miss a shot with the stunning visuals and smooth refresh rate of the 144Hz IPS-level display.
LIGHT UP YOUR GAME IN STYLE
The Katana series features a 4-zone RGB keyboard with WASD and specially designed keycaps. Enjoy the colorful light that shines like pulsed energy, giving you an immersive gaming experience!
COOLING SOLUTION
WITH CPU&GPU SHARED-PIPE DESIGN
Introducing the new Shared-Pipe design, the heat pipe connected to both the CPU and the GPU. Shared-Pipe can improve thermal capacity, especially releasing CPU performance! With MSI Cooler Boost 5, gamers can freely explore the complex world of gaming.
STRIKE FASTER
Accelerate performance across the board with faster memory read/write speeds on DDR5 memory.
LOADING SPEED
With extremely high performance and bandwidth of up to 7.88GB/s, PCIe Gen 4 allows users to load any game and task with lightning-fast speeds.
THE BEST OF MUSIC
Immerse yourself in lossless music and enjoy premium sound quality with Hi-Res Audio.
ELEVATE YOUR AUDIO
Experience audio the way it was intended and share it with Nahimic's 3D surround and in-game sound sharing via Bluetooth.
GET ALL BUFFS
The unique MSI Center helps you control and customize your MSI laptop the way you want.
MSI APP Player
Developed under an exclusive partnership with BlueStacks, MSI APP Player offers a seamless gaming experience between mobile gaming and PC.
| Processor family | Intel® Core\u2122 i7 |
| Processor manufacturer | Intel |
| Processor model | i7-12650H |
| Processor generation | 12th Generation Intel® Core\u2122 i7 |
| Maximum turbo processor frequency | 4.7GHz |
| Number of processor cores | 10 |
| Processor cache | 24MB |
| Configurable TDP-down | 35W |
| RAM installed | 16 GB |
| Maximum RAM supported | 64GB |
| Type of RAM | DDR5-SDRAM |
| Memory speed | 4800MHz |
| Memory structure | 2 x 8GB |
| Screen size | 39.6cm (15.6") |
| Display resolution | 1920 x 1080 Pixels |
| Touch screen | No |
| HD type | Full HD |
| RGB color space | NTSC |
| Color range | 45% |
| Maximum refresh time | 144 Hz |
| Number of built-in speakers | 2 |
| Speaker power | 2W |
| USB 2.0 port quantity | 1 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity | 2 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantity | 1 |
| HDMI ports quantity | 1 |
| Ethernet LAN ports quantity (RJ-45) | 1 |
| HDMI version | 2.1 |
| Combined microphone/earphone jack | No |
| USB Type-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode | Yes |
| Weight | 2.25kg |
| Length | 359 mm |
| Depth | 259 mm |
| Height | 24.9mm |
| AC power dissipation adapter | 200W |
| Numeric keypad | Yes |
| Spotting device | Touchpad |
| backlit keyboard | Yes |
| Keyboard backlight color | RGB |
| Backlit keyboard area | 4-zone RGB |
| Mobile network connection | No |
| Standard Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
| WLAN controller model | Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 |
| WLAN controller manufacturer | Intel |
| Ethernet LAN connection | Yes |
| Ethernet LAN transfer speed | 10,100,1000 Mbit/s |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 |
| Total storage capacity | 1TB |
| Memory support | SSD |
| Optical drive type | No |
| Total SSD capacity | 1TB |
| Number of SSDs installed | 1 |
| SSD capacity | 1TB |
| Solid State Drive (SSD) interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| NVMe | Yes |
| Operating system included | Windows 11 Home |
| Front camera | Yes |
| Front camera HD type | HD |
| Video capture speed | 30fps |
| Battery capacity | 53.5 Wh |
| Number of battery cells | 3 |
| Product type | Laptop computer |
| Product color | Black |
| Form factor | Clamshell |
| Integrated graphics card | Yes |
| Separate graphics card adapter | Yes |
| Dedicated graphics card | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 |
| Integrated graphics card model | Intel® UHD Graphics |
| Discrete GPU manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| Integrated graphics adapter family | Intel® UHD Graphics |
| Dedicated Graphics Memory | 8GB |
| Graphics card memory type | GDDR6 |
| Intel® Flex Memory Access | Yes |
| Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | Yes |
| Execute Disable Bit | Yes |
| CPU configuration (max) | 1 |
| Built-in options available | No |
| Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | Yes |
| Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | Yes |
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