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 A15 AI B8V.

A TRUSTED AI-READY PROCESSOR FOR ULTIMATE GAMING LAPTOPS
AMD Ryzen™ 8040 Series processors are designed to bring delightful, premium experiences with trusted performance, incredible battery life, and the power of personal AI. Allow AMD Ryzen™ 8040 Series processors, equipped with AMD Ryzen™ AI to help you discover and harness the power of AI technology for work, play, and AI-enabled experiences.

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.

NOW EVEN SMARTER
MSI Laptops now accelerate work and play even faster and more efficiently than ever before. They come standard with exclusive MSI Intelligent Technology that is capable of providing whole new Intelligent features, taking automatic tuning to a whole new level.

MSI AI Engine
MSI AI Engine is able to detect user scenarios and automatically adjust hardware settings to achieve the best performance. With simple AI tuned modes and resources, you can focus on the important things like creating, work and entertainment.

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 SHARE PIPE DESIGN
Introducing the new Share Pipe feature, a heat pipe attached to both the CPU and GPU designed to improve thermal capability and releasing CPU performance! With the MSI Cooler Boost 5, gamers can explore complex game worlds without setbacks.

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.

EXTRAORDINARY WIRELESS EXPERIENCE
The latest Wi-Fi 6E delivers stunning speed while keeps the network smooth and stable even when sharing the network with numerous users.

MSI Katana A15 AI B8VF-468ES. Product type: Laptop, Form factor: Clamshell. Processor family: AMD Ryzen™ 7, Processor model: 8845HS, Processor frequency: 3.8 GHz. Display diagonal: 15.6", HD type: Full HD, Display resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels. Internal memory: 32 GB, Internal memory type: DDR5-SDRAM. Total storage capacity: 1 TB, Storage media: SSD. On-board graphics card model: AMD Radeon 780M. Operating system installed: Windows 11 Home. Product color: Black

Product type	Laptop
Product color	Black
Form factor	Clamshell
Original brand name	MSI
Display diagonal	15.6"
Display resolution	1920 x 1080 pixels
Touchscreen	No
HD type	Full HD
RGB color space	NTSC
Color gamut	45%
Maximum refresh rate	144 Hz
Processor family	AMD Ryzen™ 7
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Processor model	8845HS
Processor frequency	3.8 GHz
Processor generation	AMD Ryzen 8000 Series
Processor cores	8
Processor threads	16
Processor boost frequency	5.1 GHz
Processor cache	16 MB
Processor cache type	L3
Neural processor unit (NPU)	AMD Ryzen AI
Total processor performance up to	38 TOPs
NPU performance up to	16 TOPs
Internal memory	32 GB
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Internal memory type	DDR5-SDRAM
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 16 GB
Memory slots	2x SO-DIMM
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
SSD form factor	M.2
On-board graphics card	Yes
Discrete graphics card	Yes
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
On-board graphics card model	AMD Radeon 780M
Discrete GPU manufacturer	NVIDIA
Discrete graphics card memory	8 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR6
On-board graphics card family	AMD Radeon
Number of built-in speakers	2
Speaker power	2 W
Front camera	Yes
Front camera resolution	1280 x 720 pixels
Front camera HD type	HD
Video capturing speed	30 fps
Mobile network connection	No
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Wi-Fi standards	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Ethernet LAN	Yes
Ethernet LAN data rates	10,100,1000 Mbit/s
Bluetooth	Yes
Bluetooth version	5.3
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
HDMI version	2.1
Combo headphone/mic port	Yes
USB Type-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode	Yes
Numeric keypad	Yes
Pointing device	Touchpad
Keyboard backlit	Yes
Keyboard backlit color	RGB
Keyboard backlit zone	4-zone RGB
Operating system installed	Windows 11 Home
Battery capacity	53.5 Wh
Number of battery cells	3
AC adapter power	200 W
USB Power Delivery	No
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)	Yes
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version	2.0
Weight	4.96 lbs (2.25 kg)
Width	14.1" (359 mm)
Depth	10.2" (259 mm)
Height	0.98" (24.9 mm)
AC adapter included	Yes