The MSI Modern 13 F1M (2024) has a compact physical footprint of 308 × 210 mm with a 19 mm thickness and a total volume of 1228.92 cm³, keeping its weight at 1450 g. It features an active cooling system rather than a fanless design, and includes a backlit keyboard for low-light use. The build is neither ruggedized nor weather-sealed, and does not carry a splashproof rating.
The laptop features a 13.3″ IPS LCD panel with LED backlighting, delivering a resolution of 1920 × 1080 px at a pixel density of 141 ppi. The screen does not support touch input and lacks an anti-reflection coating. Despite the single built-in display, the system can drive up to 4 displays simultaneously, offering flexibility for multi-monitor setups.
The processor runs across 12 threads with a configuration of 2 cores at 1.8 GHz and 8 cores at 1.2 GHz, reaching a turbo clock speed of 5.4 GHz, and is built on a 10 nm semiconductor process with full 64-bit and multithreading support. Memory consists of 16 GB of DDR4 RAM at 3200 MHz across two slots, with a maximum supported capacity of 64 GB. Storage is handled by a 1024 GB NVMe SSD on a PCIe 4.0 interface, and the GPU reaches a turbo frequency of 1300 MHz.
In Geekbench 6, the system scores 2142 in the single-core test and 7404 in the multi-core test, reflecting the processor's threaded workload capacity. PassMark results follow a similar pattern, with a single-core score of 3556 and an overall PassMark result of 15289.
The laptop offers a total of three USB ports: one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C and two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, with no Thunderbolt, USB 4, or USB 2.0 ports present. Video output is handled by a single HDMI port, while DisplayPort, mini DisplayPort, and VGA connections are absent. Wireless connectivity covers Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 4, alongside Bluetooth 5.3. The machine also includes an external memory card slot and supports AirPlay, but has no RJ45 Ethernet port.
The laptop is equipped with a 46.8 Wh battery and supports sleep-and-charge functionality, allowing connected USB devices to be charged even when the system is in sleep mode. It does not use a MagSafe power adapter.
The laptop includes stereo speakers, a 3.5 mm headset jack, and a single built-in microphone, though it lacks a S/PDIF output and does not support Dolby Atmos. A front-facing camera records video at 720p and 30 fps, and a fingerprint scanner is available for biometric login, while 3D facial recognition and voice commands are not supported. On the graphics side, ray tracing and DLSS are not available. The device has no gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, or GPS, and does not include an optical disc drive.
The laptop CPU is a mobile-class processor with a 15W TDP, a clock multiplier of 18, a maximum operating temperature of 100 °C, and a 12 MB L3 cache, with the multiplier locked. It employs big.LITTLE technology and supports a broad set of instruction sets including MMX, F16C, FMA3, AES, AVX, AVX2, SSE 4.1, and SSE 4.2, along with NX bit support, while ECC memory is not supported. The memory subsystem operates across two channels with a maximum RAM speed of 6400 MHz. Graphics are handled by integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 with 96 execution units, supporting OpenCL 3 and OpenGL 4.6. The system provides a total of 3 USB ports, none of which are USB 3.0, and has no legacy USB 2.0 ports in this count.
