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MSI Pulse 16 AI (2024) vs Pulse 15 (2023)

59 out of 100
MSI Pulse 16 AI (2024)
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52 out of 100
MSI Pulse 15 (2023)
MSI Pulse 16 AI (2024)
MSI Pulse 15 (2023)
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Display 2560 x 1600
CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
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RAM
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Review

Evaluation of MSI Pulse 16 AI (2024) and Pulse 15 (2023) important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the MSI Pulse 16 AI (2024)
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 240 versus 144 Hz
  • Thinner bezels and 7% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Around 24% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • 34% sharper screen – 189 versus 141 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the MSI Pulse 15 (2023)
  • Easier to carry: weighs 200 grams less (around 0.44 lbs)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
Laptop:
Pulse 16 AI (2024)
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Pulse 15 (2023)

Case

Weight 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs) 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs)
Dimensions 359 x 266.4 x 21.8-27.9 mm
14.13 x 10.49 x 0.86-1.1 inches		 359 x 259 x 26.9 mm
14.13 x 10.2 x 1.06 inches
Area 956 cm2 (148.2 inches2) 930 cm2 (144.1 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~77.6% ~72.2%
Side bezels 7.2 mm 6.8 mm
Colors Black Black, Gray
Material Plastic Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Max. fan speed (RPM) - 6000 RPM

Display

Size 16 inches 15.6 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 240 Hz 144 Hz
PPI 189 ppi 141 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:9
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Screen space comparison
Pulse 16 AI (2024)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
Pulse 15 (2023)
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
~10% more screen space
Display tests
sRGB color space - 100%
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% -
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 2:00 hr 2:00 hr
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes No
Charging port position Left, Bottom Left
Charge power 240 W 240 W

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.3 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo frequency 5.1 GHz 4.9 GHz
Cores 16 (6P + 10E) 10 (6P + 4E)
Threads 22 16
L3 Cache 24 MB 24 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
Fabrication process 7 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 140 W 140 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX MUX
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
GPU base clock 2295 MHz 2295 MHz
GPU boost clock 2370 MHz 2370 MHz
FLOPS 16 TFLOPS 16 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~16 Gbps ~16 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 3072 3072
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 96 96
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 48
GPU performance 16 TFLOPS 16 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 3678 3434
Solar Bay 47364 49568
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 5200 MHz
Type DDR5 DDR5
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
Max. ram size 96 GB 64 GB

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x1024 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones - 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.2
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 3x 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
Touchpad
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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