Protect your honor and defeat the enemies. Awaken your inner power and inherit the will of the Dragon. In your hands is the Dragon's Blade, flowing with ancient power, and engraved with runes of wind. Strike down any foe that stands in your way with the legendary blade Katana 15 B12V.

REINVENTING MULTI-CORE ARCHITECTURE
Katana 17 B12U equips the latest 12th Gen. Intel® Core™ i7 processor, features with performance and efficiency cores, providing unprecedented boost in multitasking works and heavy games.

GEFORCE RTX™ 40 SERIES LAPTOPS
BEYOND FAST
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 40 Series GPUs are beyond fast for gamers and creators. They're powered by the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture which delivers a quantum leap in both performance and AI-powered graphics. Experience lifelike virtual worlds with ray tracing and ultra-high FPS gaming with the lowest latency. Discover revolutionary new ways to create and unprecedented workflow acceleration.

AI-POWERED PERFORMANCE
AND LIFELIKE GRAPHICS*
Get a quantum leap in performance in games and creative apps with AI-powered DLSS 3 and enable lifelike virtual worlds with full ray tracing.

RAY TRACING
HYPERREALISTIC. HYPERFAST.
The Ada architecture unleashes the full glory of ray tracing, which simulates how light behaves in the real world. With the power of RTX 40 Series and third-gen RT Cores, you can experience incredibly detailed virtual worlds like never before.

OPTIMIZED POWER AND
PERFORMANCE
NVIDIA Max-Q is an advanced suite of AI-powered technologies that optimize your system for peak efficiency. This enables blazing-fast laptops that are thin, quiet, and have amazing battery life.

LIGHTNING FAST AND SMOOTH DISPLAY
Never miss a shot with the striking visuals and smooth refresh rate of the 144Hz IPS-level display.

LIGHT UP WITH GAMING STYLE
The Katana Series is equipped with a 4-Zone RGB Keyboard with the lightened WASD and specially-designed keycaps. Enjoy the colorful light that shines like pulse energy giving you an immersive gaming experience with style!

REFORGED COOLING SOLUTION
WITH CPU&GPU SHARED-PIPE DESIGN
Introduction the new Shared-Pipe design, the heat pipe which attached on both CPU and GPU. Shared-Pipe can improve the thermal capability, especially releasing the CPU performance! With MSI Cooler Boost 5, gamers can explore the increasingly complex game world freely.

STRIKE FASTER
Accelerate performance on all levels with faster memory read/write speed on DDR5 memory.

LIKE MAGIC LOADING SPEED
With extremely high performance and up to 7.88 GB/s bandwidth, the PCIe Gen 4 allows users to load up any game and task with lighting fast speeds.

THE WAY MUSIC SHOULD BE
Immerse yourself in lossless music and enjoy the premium sound quality with Hi-Resolution Audio.

ELEVATE YOUR AUDIO
Experience audio the way it was intended and share it with Nahimic in-game 3D surround & Sound Sharing via Bluetooth.

GET ALL THE BUFFS
The exclusive MSI Center helps you control and customize your MSI laptop the way you want.

MSI APP Player
Developed under an exclusive partnership with BlueStacks, the MSI APP Player provides a seamless gaming experience between mobile gaming and the PC.

Specification

Product
Product id	881008
Brand	MSI Micro-Star International
Partnr	KATANA 15 B13VEK-010NL
EAN/UPC code	4711377035675
Warranty (months)	2 year
Design
Product type	Notebook
Product colour	Black
Form factor	Clamshell
Display
Display diagonal	15.6 inch
Display resolution	1920 x 1080 Pixels
Touchscreen	N
HD type	Full HD
Display brightness	250 cd/m²
Maximum refresh rate	144 Hz
Processor
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor family	Intel Core i7
Processor model	i7-13620H
Processor generation	Intel Core i7-13xxx
Processor boost frequency	4.9 GHz
Processor cores	10
Efficient-core boost frequency	3.6 GHz
Processor cache	24 MB
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Motherboard chipset	Intel HM770
Configurable TDP-down	35 W
Processor base power	45 W
Maximum turbo power	115 W
Memory
Internal memory	16 GB
Internal memory type	DDR5-SDRAM
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 8 GB
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Storage
Total storage capacity	1000 GB
Storage media	SSD
Total SSDs capacity	1000 GB
Number of SSDs installed	1
SSD capacity	1000 GB
SSD interface	PCI Express 4.0
NVMe	Y
Optical drive type	N
Graphics
On-board graphics adapter	Y
Discrete graphics adapter	Y
Discrete GPU manufacturer	NVIDIA
Discrete graphics adapter model	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
On-board graphics adapter family	Intel UHD Graphics
On-board graphics adapter model	Intel UHD Graphics
Discrete graphics adapter memory	8 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR6
Audio
Audio system	NAHIMIC 3
Number of built-in speakers	2
Speakers manufacturer	Nahimic
Speaker power	2 W
Camera
Front camera	Y
Front camera HD type	HD
Video capturing speed	30 fps
Network
Bluetooth	Y
Mobile network connection	N
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Wi-Fi standards	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
WLAN controller model	Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
Bluetooth version	5.2
Ports & interfaces
USB 2.0 ports 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
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1
HDMI ports quantity	1
Combo headphone/mic port	N
USB Type-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode	Y
Keyboard
Pointing device	Touchpad
Keyboard backlit	Y
Numeric keypad	Y
Keyboard backlit colour	RGB
Keyboard backlit zone	4-zone RGB
Software
Operating system installed	Windows 11 Home
Bundled software	MSI System Control Manager MSI BurnRecovery MSI Remind Manager MSI Battery Calibration MSI Help Desk Norton Internet Security (trail 60days) Norton Studio (Metro) (permanent free) Nvidia GeForce Experience Microsoft Office 2016 (trial 30 days, 1 year per purchase) True Color 2.0 Nahimic 3 Dragon Center 2.0
Processor special features
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)	Y
Execute Disable Bit	Y
CPU configuration (max)	1
Embedded options available	N
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)	Y
Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)	Y
Intel Flex Memory Access	Y
Battery
Number of battery cells	3
Battery capacity (Watt-hours)	53.5 Wh
Power
AC adapter power	240 W
Weight & dimensions
Weight	2250 g
Width	359 mm
Depth	259 mm
Height	24.9 mm