Compare AORUS 17X 2021 vs Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 vs Alienware m15 R4
Variants
FHD
QHD
OLED
IPS
Connectivity
Ports
1x Thunderbolt 4 + 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 2x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x Microphone + 1x Headphone + 1x SD + 1x RJ45 (2.5Gbps)
3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x RJ45 (2.5Gbps) + 1x Headphone
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
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1
Construction
Battery | Capacity
99 Wh
Camera | Front
HD
720p HD or HD IR
720p HD
Colors
Dark Side of the Moon
Dark Side of the Moon or Lunar Light
Material
Magnesium Alloy exterior shell and copper alloy thermal components
Magnesium Alloy exterior shell and copper alloy thermal components
Microphone
Dual-Array Microphone
Digital-array microphones
Digital-array microphones
Speakers
2x 2W Speakers + 1x 3W Subwoofer
Stereo speakers 2x 2W
4-Way (Woofer/Tweeter) Stereo Speaker Design, 8W in total
Dimensions
Size | Depth
293 mm / 11.53 inch
10.73" (272.5mm)
Size | Height
38 mm / 1.49 inch
0.8996" (22.85mm)
Size | Width
396 mm / 15.59 inch
14.02" (356.2mm)
14.19" (360.3 mm)
Weight
3.75 kg / 8.26 lbs
From 5.34lbs (2.42kg)
4.65 lbs (2.11 kg) - 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Display
Aspect Ratio
16:9
16:9
16:9
Display Diagonal
17.3 inch
15.6 inch
15.6 inch
Display Type
IPS, matte
IPS
IPS or OLED
Gamut
72% NTSC
Refresh Rate
300Hz
Resolution
FHD (1920x1080)
FHD (1920x1080) or QHD (2560x1440)
Function
Audio
ESS Sabre HiFi Audio DAC, DTS X:Ultra
Realtek ALC3254 with A-Volute Nahimic audio processing software
Chipset
Mobile Intel HM570 Express Chipset
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 16GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6 or RTX 3070 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 or RTX 3080 8GB GDDR6
Keyboard Backlight
Fusion RGB Per-Key
4-Zone AlienFX RGB lighting or per-key AlienFX RGB keyboard with CherryMX ultra low-profile mechanical keyboard
4-Zone AlienFX RGB lighting or per-key AlienFX RGB keyboard
Misc
N-key Rollover, 100% Anti-Ghosting
Operating System
Windows 10
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Processor
11th-gen Intel Core i9-11980HK Tiger Lake
AMD Ryzen R7 5800H or Ryzen R9 5900HX
Intel Core i7-10870H or i9-10980HK
RGB Lighting
Yes
Yes
Security
Firmware-based TPM, supports Intel Platform Trust Technology (Intel PTT)
Variable Framerate
NVIDIA G-SYNC available for QHD and 360Hz FHD
NVIDIA G-SYNC available for IPS 144Hz panel
Performance
Durability
Keyboard: 15 million keystrokes
Key Travel
2.5mm (Mechanical Keyboard w/ OMRON Gaming Switch)
Memory | Capacity
2x SO-DIMMs, Max 64GB
16 or 32 GB
16 or 32 GB
Memory | Type
DDR4 3200MHz
DDR4 3200MHz
DDR4 2933MHz
Power Supply
330 W
Storage
1x M.2 SSD 2280 PCIe Gen3 / SATA + 1x M.2 SSD 2280 PCIe Gen4
Up to 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD
Up to 4TB (2x 2TB) + 512MB PCIe M.2 SSD
Production
Debut
2021-05-11
2021-Q2
2021-01 (CES 2021)
Made In
Taiwan
Model Name
AORUS 17X YD
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