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.

Processor
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor model	i7-13620H
Processor generation	13th gen Intel® Core™ i7
Processor boost frequency	4.9 GHz
Efficient-core boost frequency	3.6 GHz
Processor cores	10
Processor cache	24 MB
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Motherboard chipset	Intel HM770
Processor base power	45 W
Maximum turbo power	115 W
Memory
Internal memory	16 GB
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Internal memory type	DDR5-SDRAM
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 8 GB
Memory slots	2x SO-DIMM
Display
Display diagonal	39.6 cm (15.6")
Display resolution	1920 x 1080 pixels
Touchscreen	No
HD type	Full HD
Native aspect ratio	16:9
Anti-glare screen	Yes
Display brightness	250 cd/m²
Maximum refresh rate	144 Hz
Audio
Audio system	NAHIMIC 3
Number of built-in speakers	2
Speakers manufacturer	Nahimic
Speaker power	2 W
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
HDMI ports quantity	1
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1
Combo headphone/mic port	No
USB Type-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode	Yes
Weight & dimensions
Weight	2.25 kg
Width	359 mm
Depth	259 mm
Height	24.9 mm
Power
AC adapter power	200 W
Keyboard
Numeric keypad	Yes
Pointing device	Touchpad
Keyboard backlit	Yes
Keyboard backlit colour	RGB
Keyboard backlit zone	4-zone RGB
Network
Mobile network connection	No
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Wi-Fi standards	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Antenna type	2x2
WLAN controller model	Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
WLAN controller manufacturer	Intel
Ethernet LAN	Yes
Ethernet LAN data rates	10,100,1000 Mbit/s
Bluetooth	Yes
Bluetooth version	5.2
Storage
Total storage capacity	1 TB
Storage media	SSD
Optical drive type	No
Total SSDs capacity	1 TB
Number of SSDs installed	1
SSD capacity	1 TB
SSD interface	PCI Express 4.0
NVMe	Yes
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
Camera
Front camera	Yes
Front camera HD type	HD
Video capturing speed	30 fps
Battery
Battery capacity	53.5 Wh
Number of battery cells	3
Design
Product type	Laptop
Product colour	Black
Form factor	Clamshell
Graphics
On-board graphics card	Yes
Discrete graphics card	Yes
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
On-board graphics card model	Intel® UHD Graphics
Discrete GPU manufacturer	NVIDIA
On-board GPU manufacturer	Intel
On-board graphics card family	Intel® UHD Graphics
Discrete graphics card memory	8 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR6
Graphics card Open GL support	Yes