Compare Dell Precision 3561 vs Alienware x15 vs Alienware m17 R2

2x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x HDMI 2.0 + 1x Audio combo + 1x RJ45 + 1x microSD card + 1x optional Smart card reader

1x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 1x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x RJ45 + 1x Audio combo + 1x MicroSD

3x USB 3.1 Gen1 + 1x Thunderbolt 3 + 1x Alienware Graphics Amplifier + 1x RJ45 (Gigabit or 2.5Gbps) + 1x HDMI 2.0b + 1x Mini-DisplayPort 1.4 + 1x Audio out + 1x Headset

WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi 6 only, WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2, WiFi 6E only, or WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2

WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2

WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2

64 or 97 Wh

76 Wh

HD, HD IR, or FHD IR with proximity sensor

720p HD

Alienware FHD (1920x1080 resolution) camera with

Lunar Light

Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon

Aluminum exterior shell

Magnesium Alloy exterior shell and copper alloy thermal components

Magnesium alloy

Omni-directional

Dual-array microphones

Dual array integrated microphones

2x 2W stereo speakers with Waves MaxxAudio Pro

Stereo speakers, 8W in total

2.0 speakers

242 mm / 9.53"

277.25 mm / 10.915"

295.5 mm / 11.63 inch

25.00 ~ 27.36 mm / 0.98" ~ 1.08"

20.5 mm / 0.807 inch

360 mm / 14.17"

359.7 mm / 14.16"

399.8 mm / 15.74 inch

2.45 kg / 5.42 lbs

3.02 kg / 6.65 lbs ~ 3.2 kg / 7.05 lbs

2.63 kg / 5.80 lbs

16:9

16:9

15.6 inch

15.6 inch

17.3 inch

IPS

60 Hz

60 Hz or 144Hz

HD (1366x768), FHD (1920x1080), or 4K UHD (3840x2160)

FHD (1920x1080) or QHD (2560x1440)

FHD (1920x1080)

Realtek ALC3281

Mobile Intel HM370 Chipset

Intel UHD or NVIDIA T600 4GB or T1200 4GB GDDR^

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6 or RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5, GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6, RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, RTX 2070 Max-Q 8GB GDDR6, or RTX 2080 Max-Q 8GB GDDR6

Optional

per-key AlienFX RGB lighting

Keyboard with per key RGB LED AlienFX lighting

Windows 10, Windows 11, or Ubuntu Linux 20.04

Windows 10

Windows 10

11th-gen Intel Core i5-11400H, i5-11500H, i7-11800H, i7-11850H, or i9-11950H or Xeon W-11855M Tiger Lake

Intel Core i7-11800H or i9-11900H Tiger Lake

9th-gen Intel Core i5-9300H, i7-9750H, i9-9880H, or i9-9880HK

AlienFX lighting programmable with up to 16.8 million distinct colors

Optional 4G LTE micro SIM

NVIDIA G-SYNC available for 240Hz QHD & 360Hz FHD panels

1.3 mm

1.7 mm

Up to 64GB, 2x SO-DIMMs

16 or 32 GB

8 or 16 GB

DDR4 3200MHz non-ECC or ECC

DDR4 3200MHz

DDR4 2666MHz

130, 180, or 240 W

Up to 2TB PCIe 4 x4 NVMe SSD + 2TB 2.5" SATA HDD

Up to 4TB (2x 2TB) PCIe NVMe SSD, RAID supported

2x PCIe M.2 up to 4TB

2021-06

2021-05

2021-06

2019 Computex