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MSI Pulse A16 AI+ C3XW
MSI's 16-inch gaming laptop is documented here as the C3XWFKG with a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, GeForce RTX 5060 (115W), 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, a 2560x1600 240Hz IPS display and a 90Wh battery. MSI also lists a Ryzen AI 7 350 version of the C3XW family.
Pros
- 90Wh battery with a 200W adapter
- 16-inch 2560x1600 IPS panel at 240Hz with about 100% DCI-P3 (typical)
- RTX 5060 Laptop GPU with 8GB GDDR7 and up to 115W graphics power
- Two DDR5 slots (up to 96GB) and USB4 Type-C that is Thunderbolt 4 compatible
- Three USB-A ports, HDMI 2.1 and Gigabit Ethernet
Cons
- 2.5kg and up to 27.9mm thick, heavy for a 16-inch laptop
- Only one M.2 SSD slot
- Wi-Fi 6E and a 720p webcam rather than Wi-Fi 7 and a higher-resolution camera
- No US launch price found, and no review benchmark data was available
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Performance uses the published results of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, because we have no benchmark result for this device itself yet.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MSI Pulse A16 AI+ C3XW
Display
- Screen size
- 16 ″
- Panel type
- IPS-level
- Resolution
- 2560x1600
- Refresh rate
- 240 Hz
Performance
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU (8GB GDDR7)
- RAM
- 16 GB
- RAM type
- DDR5 (2 slots, up to 96GB)
- Storage
- 1,024 GB
- Storage type
- PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Battery
- Capacity
- 90 Wh
- Charging
- 200 W
Design
- Weight
- 2.5 kg
- Thickness
- 27.9 mm
Connectivity
- Ports
- 1x USB4 Type-C (DisplayPort, PD 3.0, Thunderbolt 4 compatible), 3x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI 2.1, Gigabit Ethernet
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
- Webcam
- 720p IR HD
Software
- Operating system
- Windows 11 Home
Quick answers
Is the MSI Pulse A16 AI+ C3XW good in 2026?
The MSI Pulse A16 AI+ C3XW earns an Inno Score of 62.1/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. MSI's 16-inch gaming laptop is documented here as the C3XWFKG with a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, GeForce RTX 5060 (115W), 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, a 2560x1600 240Hz IPS display and a 90Wh battery. MSI also lists a Ryzen AI 7 350 version of the C3XW family.
What are the key specs of the MSI Pulse A16 AI+ C3XW?
Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 · RAM: 16 GB · Screen size: 16 ″ · Weight: 2.5 kg
What are the closest alternatives to the MSI Pulse A16 AI+ C3XW?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MSI Vector A16 HX A8W, Razer Blade 18 (2025), Chuwi GameBook 9955HX — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
