MSI Prestige 16 & 13 AI Evo with Intel Core Ultra Processors Launched

Dec. 15, 2023

MSI Prestige 16 & Prestige 13 are both marketed with the ‘AI Evo‘ moniker. This is because AI is amajor focusfor Intel’s new Core Ultra processors. The laptops can be configured with up to anIntel Core Ultra 9 185H. This is the Core i9 successor from Intel.

We could expect higher power limits, given the MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo laptop’s 16-inch design. Speaking of build quality, these come with a magnesium-aluminum chassis. The design is quite lightweight as the MSI Prestige 16 weighs just1.5kg, while the Prestige 13 weighs990g.

On the MSI Prestige 13 AI Evo (with 13-inch display), theIntel Core Ultra 7 155H14th Gen processor is offered at the highest-end variant. The base variant of the 13-inch laptop will come withIntel Core Ultra 5 125H.

The MSI’s new Prestige 13/16 laptops have up to32GB of LPDDR5memory. The battery size is huge here, with a 99.99 WHr battery on the 16-inch model and a 75 WHr battery on the 13-inch model. MSI has claimed its new laptop can have up to14 hours of battery life.

The new Core Ultra chips bring forwardseveral new features. These include theIntel Arc integrated graphics, an NPU chip for AI processing, and a new core type known asLow Power E-Core(LP E-Core).

Speaking of the display, two different options are available here. One is a 2560×1600 resolution panel, as the standard display. The highest-end variants will have a3840×2400 OLED panel.

This is technically useless without acompatibleWiFi 7 router. Still, it is good to know the adoption of WiFi 7 (which offers 5Gig networking) has already begun! For storage, MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo & the special Studio edition both come with up to a2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. The smaller 13-inch Prestige 13 AI Evo will be available in up to 1TB capacity.

MSI’s new laptops have a featureful port selection too. The 13-inch Prestige 13 AI Evo features 2x Thunderbolt 4 Type-C ports and a 1x HDMI 2.1 port. However, the Studio variant and normal variants of the Prestige 16 AI come with 1x Thunderbolt 4 Type-C paired with a normal 1x USB Type-C 3.2 port. The Prestige 16 has a full-sized SD card slot, while the Prestige 13 has a microSD card slot.

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