Compare ThinkPad X13 GEN 2 AMD vs MSI GE75 vs Alienware m17 R2

2x USB-C 3.2 GEN2 + 2x USB 3.2 GEN1 + 1x HDMI 2.0 + 1x Audio combo + 1x Optional smart card reader

2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 1x miniDP + 1x HDMI + 1x RJ45 + 1x SD + 1x Mic + 1x Headphone out + 1x Audio combo

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 6 + Bluetooth 5.2 + optional WWAN (4G / LTE / 5G) + optional NFC

WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1

WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2

41 or 54.7 Wh

51 or 65 Wh

76 Wh

HD IR hybrid camera or FHD IR camera with webcam privacy shutter

HD type (30fps@720p)

Alienware FHD (1920x1080 resolution) camera with

Black or Storm Grey

Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon

Clamshell laptop computer

Black: Carbon fiber or plastic top + Magnesium chassis + Aluminum bottom / Storm Gray non-WWAN: Aluminum / Storm Gray WWAN: Aluminum top & bottom + Magnesium chassis

Magnesium alloy

Opitonal 2x far-field microphones

Dual array integrated microphones

2x 2W stereo speakers

2x 3W Speaker + 2x 3W Woofer

2.0 speakers

217.06 mm / 8.55 inch ~ 217.89 mm / 8.58 inch

268.5 mm

295.5 mm / 11.63 inch

18.6 mm / 0.71 inch ~ 18.97 mm / 0.75 inch

27.5 mm

20.5 mm / 0.807 inch

305.8 mm / 12.04 inch

397 mm

399.8 mm / 15.74 inch

1.21 kg / 2.67 lbs ~ 1.38 kg / 3.04 lbs

2.64 - 2.66 kg

2.63 kg / 5.80 lbs

16:10

13.3 inch

17.3 inch

17.3 inch

IPS

IPS

144Hz, 240Hz, or 300Hz

60 Hz or 144Hz

WUXGA (FHD+, 1920x1200) or WQXGA (QHD+, 2560x1600)

FHD (1920x1080)

FHD (1920x1080)

170°

Realtek® ALC3287 codec

Intel HM470

Mobile Intel HM370 Chipset

65W RapidCharge

Integrated AMD Radeon graphcis

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 w/ 8GB GDDR6, RTX 2070 SUPER w/ 8GB GDDR6, or RTX 2080 SUPER w/ 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 RGB Backlight Keyboard

Keyboard with per key RGB LED AlienFX lighting

Windows 10 or Linux

Windows 10 Home

Windows 10

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U, Ryzen 5 5600U, Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U, or Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

Up to 10th Gen. Intel Core i9 Processor

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

Optional 4G, LTE, or 5G nano SIM

Power-on MoC Touch Fingerprint Reader, dTPM 2.0 chip, ThinkPad PrivacyGuard

Available in WUXGA

41Wh: Up to 10.7 hours / 54.7Wh: Up to 15.4 hours

1.5 mm

1.7 mm

Up to 32 GB soldered

Up to 2 Slots Max 64GB

8 or 16 GB

LPDDR4x 4266MHz

DDR4 3200MHz

DDR4 2666MHz

45 or 65 W Type-C

230 or 280 W

130, 180, or 240 W

Up to 2TB PCIe 3 x4 SSD (1x M.2 2242 + 1x M.2 2280)

1x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen3) + 1x M.2 SSD Combo slot (NVMe PCIe Gen3 / SATA) + 1x 2.5" SATA HDD

2x PCIe M.2 up to 4TB

2021-09

2020 CES

2019 Computex