The MSI Modern 15 B12M (2024) has a physical footprint of 359mm wide by 241mm tall, with a slim 19mm thickness and a total volume of 1,643.861cm³. It weighs 1,700g and includes a backlit keyboard for low-light use. The laptop does not feature a fanless design, a weather-sealed or splashproof build, or a rugged construction.
The MSI Modern 15 B12M (2024) features a 15.6″ IPS LCD LED-backlit display with a resolution of 1920x1080px and a pixel density of 141ppi. It operates at a 60Hz refresh rate and can support up to four external displays simultaneously. The screen does not include touch input or an anti-reflection coating.
The MSI Modern 15 B12M (2024) is equipped with 16GB of DDR4 RAM running at 3200MHz and a 512GB NVMe SSD for flash-based storage. The CPU runs across 12 threads with base clock speeds of 2x1.3GHz and 8x0.9GHz, boosting up to 4.4GHz via turbo, and is built on a 10nm semiconductor process with 64-bit and multithreading support. The GPU operates at a base clock of 300MHz with a turbo of 1,200MHz, and supports DirectX 12 over PCIe 3.0, though XeSS (XMX) is not available. The memory configuration does not include user-accessible slots, and no maximum upgradeable memory amount is specified.
In benchmark testing, the MSI Modern 15 B12M (2024) scores 5,675 in Geekbench 6 multi-core and 1,847 in the single-core test. The PassMark result stands at 13,387 overall and 3,217 in the single-threaded test. Cinebench R20 returns a multi-core score of 3,321 and a single-core score of 637.
The MSI Modern 15 B12M (2024) offers a practical set of ports, including one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, and two USB 2.0 ports, while Thunderbolt 3 and 4, USB 4, and USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports are absent. Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) is supported alongside Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 4, and wireless connectivity is further complemented by Bluetooth 5.2 and AirPlay. Video output is handled through a single HDMI port, with no DisplayPort, mini DisplayPort, or VGA connector available. The laptop also includes an external memory slot but lacks an RJ45 ethernet port.
The MSI Modern 15 B12M (2024) houses a 53.8Wh battery and supports sleep-and-charge via its USB ports, allowing connected devices to charge even when the laptop is powered off. It does not use a MagSafe power adapter.
The MSI Modern 15 B12M (2024) includes stereo speakers, a 3.5mm headset jack, and a front-facing camera capable of recording at 720p and 30fps, backed by a single built-in microphone. Biometric security features such as a fingerprint scanner and 3D facial recognition are not present, nor are voice commands or a stylus. On the graphics side, ray tracing and DLSS are not supported, and Dolby Atmos is absent. The laptop also lacks motion and location sensors including a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, and GPS, and does not include an optical disc drive or S/PDIF output.
The MSI Modern 15 B12M (2024) uses a laptop-class CPU with a 15W TDP, a clock multiplier of 13, and a maximum operating temperature of 100°C. It employs big.LITTLE technology and supports a range of instruction sets including SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, AVX, AES, FMA3, F16C, and MMX, along with NX bit for hardware-level security. The CPU has 928KB of L1 cache, 9.5MB of L2 cache, and 12MB of L3 cache, operates across two memory channels with a maximum supported RAM speed of 5,200MHz, and does not support ECC memory. Graphics are handled by the integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU, featuring 80 execution units, 640 shading units, 40 TMUs, and 20 ROPs, with OpenCL 3.0 and OpenGL 4.6 support. The clock multiplier is locked, and the overclocked PassMark result is recorded at 13,563.
