Compare Surface Laptop Studio vs Alienware m17 R3 vs Alienware m15 R2
Variants
i5
i7
FHD
UHD
LCD
OLED
Connectivity
Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x 3.5mm Headphone jack + 1x Surface Connector
1x RJ-45 Killer Ethernet E3000 2.5Gbps + 3x USB 3.1 Gen1 + 1x Thunderbolt 3 + 1x Alienware Graphics Amplifier + 1x HDMI 2.0b + 1x Mini DisplayPort 1.4 + 1x Audio out + 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
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2
Construction
Battery | Capacity
58 Wh
76 Wh
Camera | Front
1080p FHD camera with Windows Hello
Alienware FHD (1920x1080 resolution) camera with
Colors
Platinum
Dark Side of the Moon with High Endurance Clear Coat
Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon
Form Factor
2-in-1 convertible laptop
Material
Magnesium and Aluminum
Magnesium Alloy exterior shell and copper alloy thermal components
Magnesium alloy
Microphone
Dual far-field Studio Mics
Dual array integrated microphones
Speakers
Quad Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos
4-Way (Woofer/Tweeter) Stereo Speaker Design
2.0 speakers
Dimensions
Size | Depth
228.32 mm / 8.98"
11.59" (294.3 mm)
276 mm / 10.9 inch
Size | Height
18.94 mm / 0.746"
0.866" (22.0 mm)
20.1 mm / 0.791 inch | 20.5 mm / 0.807 inch w/ Tobii Eyetracking
Size | Width
323.28 mm / 12.72"
15.74" (399.8 mm)
360.5 mm / 14.19 inch
Weight
5.51 lbs (2.50 kg) - 6.55 lbs (2.97 kg)
2.16 kg / 4.75 lbs
Display
Aspect Ratio
3:2
16:9
Contrast Ratio
1500:1
Display Diagonal
14.4"
17.3"
17.3 inch
Display Type
IPS
IPS
LCD or OLED
Pixel Density
201 ppi
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
60 Hz or 144Hz
Resolution
2400 x 1600
FHD (1920 x 1080) or UHD (3840 x 2160)
Function
Chipset
Mobile Intel HM370 Chipset
Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5500M 4GB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, RTX 2060 6GB, 2070 8GB, 2070 SUPER 8GB, 2080 SUPER 8GB w/ Max-Q
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
HDR
Dolby Vision
Keyboard Backlight
Yes
4-Zone AlienFX RGB lighting
Keyboard with per key RGB LED AlienFX lighting
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Windows 10
Windows 10
Processor
11th-gen Intel Core i5-11300H or i7-11370H
Intel Core i7-10750H, 10875H, or i9-10980HK
9th-gen Intel Core i5-9300H, i7-9750H, i9-9880H, or i9-9880HK
RGB Lighting
Yes
Security
Firmware TPM 2.0 chip, Windows Hello face sign-in
Sensor
Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer
Touch Screen
10 point multi-touch
Touchpad
Precision trackpad: 115 x 76.66 mm, glass
Variable Framerate
NVIDIA G-SYNC available for FHD 144Hz panel
Performance
Key Travel
1.3 mm
1.7 mm
Memory | Capacity
16 or 32 GB
16 or 32 GB
8 or 16 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR4x
DDR4 2666MHz
DDR4 2666MHz
Power Supply
130, 180, or 240 W
Storage
Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe SSD
Up to 4TB (2x 2TB) + 512MB PCIe M.2 SSD
2x PCIe M.2 up to 4TB
Production
Accessory
Digitizer: Surface Slim Pen 2 with integrated storage for charging | Digital Dial: Surface Dial
Debut
2021-09
2020-05
2019 Computex
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