Compare Alienware m15 R4 vs Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 vs MSI Alpha 17 B5E
Variants
OLED
IPS
FHD
QHD
Connectivity
Ports
2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x HDMI 2.1b + 1x Mini DisplayPort 1.4 + 1x Thunderbolt 3 + 1x RJ45 (Killer Networks E3100x) + 1x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Headphone + 1x MicroSD
3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x RJ45 (2.5Gbps) + 1x Headphone
2x USB3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB 2.0 + 1x HDMI + 1x RJ45 (1Gbps) + 1x Audio combo
Wireless Connectivity
Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
Construction
Camera | Front
720p HD
720p HD or HD IR
HD (30fps@720p)
Colors
Dark Side of the Moon or Lunar Light
Dark Side of the Moon
Material
Magnesium Alloy exterior shell and copper alloy thermal components
Magnesium Alloy exterior shell and copper alloy thermal components
Microphone
Digital-array microphones
Digital-array microphones
Speakers
4-Way (Woofer/Tweeter) Stereo Speaker Design, 8W in total
Stereo speakers 2x 2W
2x 2W speakers
Dimensions
Size | Depth
10.73" (272.5mm)
273 mm
Size | Height
0.8996" (22.85mm)
24.2 mm
Size | Width
14.19" (360.3 mm)
14.02" (356.2mm)
398 mm
Weight
4.65 lbs (2.11 kg) - 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
From 5.34lbs (2.42kg)
2.35 kg
Display
Aspect Ratio
16:9
16:9
Display Diagonal
15.6 inch
15.6 inch
17.3 inch
Display Type
IPS or OLED
IPS
IPS
Refresh Rate
144 Hz
Resolution
FHD (1920x1080) or QHD (2560x1440)
FHD (1920x1080)
Function
Audio
Realtek ALC3254 with A-Volute Nahimic audio processing software
Nahimic 3 Audio Enhancer, High-Resolution Audio
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 or RTX 3080 8GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6 or RTX 3070 8GB
AMD Radeon™ RX 6600M with 8GB GDDR6
Keyboard Backlight
4-Zone AlienFX RGB lighting or per-key AlienFX RGB keyboard
4-Zone AlienFX RGB lighting or per-key AlienFX RGB keyboard with CherryMX ultra low-profile mechanical keyboard
RGB lighting
Operating System
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Processor
Intel Core i7-10870H or i9-10980HK
AMD Ryzen R7 5800H or Ryzen R9 5900HX
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 H Mobile Processor
RGB Lighting
Yes
Yes
Variable Framerate
NVIDIA G-SYNC available for IPS 144Hz panel
NVIDIA G-SYNC available for QHD and 360Hz FHD
Weather Resistance
AMD FreeSync Premium
Performance
Memory | Capacity
16 or 32 GB
16 or 32 GB
2x SO-DIMMs, up to 64 GB
Memory | Type
DDR4 2933MHz
DDR4 3200MHz
DDR4 3200MHz
Power Supply
180 W
Storage
Up to 4TB (2x 2TB) + 512MB PCIe M.2 SSD
Up to 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD
2x NVMe M.2 SSD by PCIe Gen3 x4
Production
Debut
2021-01 (CES 2021)
2021-Q2
2021-07-09
Model Name
Alpha 17 B5EX
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