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MSI Pulse A16 AI+ (C3XW) vs Pulse 16 AI (2024)

64 out of 100
MSI Pulse A16 AI+ (C3XW)
VS
61 out of 100
MSI Pulse 16 AI (2024)
MSI Pulse A16 AI+ (C3XW)
MSI Pulse 16 AI (2024)
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CPU
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
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RAM
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Review

Evaluation of MSI Pulse A16 AI+ (C3XW) and Pulse 16 AI (2024) 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 A16 AI+ (C3XW)
  • Can run popular games at about 8-11% higher FPS
  • Performs better (up to 20%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
Advantages of the MSI Pulse 16 AI (2024)
  • Around 9% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
Laptop:
Pulse A16 AI+ (C3XW)
vs
Pulse 16 AI (2024)

Case

Weight 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs) 2.5 kg (5.51 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 266.4 x 21.8-27.9 mm
14.13 x 10.49 x 0.86-1.1 inches
Area 956 cm2 (148.2 inches2) 956 cm2 (148.2 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~77.6% ~77.6%
Side bezels 7.2 mm 7.2 mm
Colors Black Black
Material Top: Aluminum
Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle - 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber Yes No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) 44.7 dB -

Display

Size 16 inches 16 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
PPI 189 ppi 189 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels 2560 x 1600 pixels
HDR support - No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor - No
Display tests
sRGB color space 100% -
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% 100%
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time - 2:00 hr
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W Yes
Charging port position Left, Bottom Left, Bottom
Charge power 200 W 240 W

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.0 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo frequency 5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) 16 (6P + 10E)
Threads 16 22
L3 Cache 16 MB 24 MB
Integrated GPU Radeon 860M Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
Fabrication process 4 nm 7 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 115 W 140 W
Nvidia Optimus - MUX
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 4 nm 5 nm
GPU base clock - 2295 MHz
GPU boost clock - 2370 MHz
FLOPS 18.4 TFLOPS 16 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~16 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 3328 3072
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 104 96
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 48
GPU performance 18.4 TFLOPS 16 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 3899 3678
Solar Bay 57259 47364
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 5600 MHz
Type DDR5 DDR5
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
Max. ram size 96 GB 96 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 1x1024 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 1 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

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

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6E
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.3
Fingerprint No No
Infrared sensor Yes 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 4.0 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 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 No Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Yes Yes
Touchpad
Surface - Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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