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MSI Katana 15 HX C14 vs Lenovo LOQ 15IRX11

57 out of 100
MSI Katana 15 HX C14
VS
46 out of 100
Lenovo LOQ 15IRX11
MSI Katana 15 HX C14
Lenovo LOQ 15IRX11
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Review

Evaluation of MSI Katana 15 HX C14 and Lenovo LOQ 15IRX11 important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
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Display
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Battery Life
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Connectivity
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Key Differences

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Advantages of the MSI Katana 15 HX C14
  • Can run popular games at about 42-58% higher FPS
  • Performs significantly better (up to 68%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Around 34% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Advantages of the Lenovo LOQ 15IRX11
  • Slightly easier to carry: weighs 100 grams less (around 0.22 lbs)
  • Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
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Katana 15 HX C14
vs
LOQ 15IRX11

Case

Weight 2.4 kg (5.29 lbs) 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs)
Dimensions 359 x 262 x 25.5 mm
14.13 x 10.31 x 1 inches		 361.26 x 255.6 x 22.9-24.8 mm
14.22 x 10.06 x 0.9-0.98 inches
Area 941 cm2 (145.7 inches2) 923 cm2 (143.1 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~71.4% ~72.7%
Side bezels 6.8 mm 7.9 mm
Colors Black Gray
Material Plastic Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle - 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) - 50 dB

Display

Size 15.6 inches 15.6 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 141 ppi 141 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology - G-Sync
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor - No
Display tests
Contrast - 1000:1
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adobe RGB profile - 72.9%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 71.8%
Response time - 18 ms
Max. brightness
Katana 15 HX C14
300 nits
LOQ 15IRX11
300 nits

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes, 100 W
Charging port position Right, Bottom Right, Bottom
Charge power 240 W 135 W
Weight of AC adapter - 505 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo frequency 5.2 GHz 4.6 GHz
Cores 16 (8P + 8E) 10 (6P + 4E)
Threads 24 16
L3 Cache 30 MB 20 MB
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (16EU) Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Katana 15 HX C14 +18%
2730
LOQ 15IRX11
2320
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Katana 15 HX C14 +46%
16028
LOQ 15IRX11
11004
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 115 W 65 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX Yes, Advanced Optimus
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 4 nm 5 nm
FLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS 10.4 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~24 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 3328 2560
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 104 80
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 32
GPU performance 18.4 TFLOPS 10.4 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Katana 15 HX C14 +68%
13304
LOQ 15IRX11
7935
Blender GPU 3842 2360
Solar Bay 54455 37184
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 4800 MHz
Type DDR5 DDR5
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
Max. ram size 96 GB 32 GB

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip - Realtek ALC3287
Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness - ~80.5 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.3
Fingerprint No No
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.7 mm 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size - 10.4 x 6.9 cm
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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