Compare Alienware m18 vs Alienware x15 vs Alienware m17 R2

2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x USB-C 3.2 + 3x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x mini-DisplayPort + 1x SD Card + 1x RJ45 + 1x Audio

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

Killer 1675i / 1690i Wi-Fi 6E Dual 2x2 Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.2

WiFi 6E + Bluetooth 5.2

WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2

97 WHr

76 Wh

Lithium-ion polymer battery

FHD (1920 x 1080 resolution) camera, optional Windows Hello IR

720p HD

Alienware FHD (1920x1080 resolution) camera with

Dark Metallic Moon

Lunar Light

Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon

Full Metal Chassis constructed with Anodized Aluminum and Magnesium Alloy

Magnesium Alloy exterior shell and copper alloy thermal components

Magnesium alloy

Dual-array microphone

Dual-array microphones

Dual array integrated microphones

Stereo speakers, 8W in total

2.0 speakers

319.9 mm / 12.59"

277.25 mm / 10.915"

295.5 mm / 11.63 inch

24.1-26.7 mm / 0.95 - 1.05 inch

20.5 mm / 0.807 inch

410.3 mm / 16.15"

359.7 mm / 14.16"

399.8 mm / 15.74 inch

3.02 kg / 6.65 lbs ~ 3.2 kg / 7.05 lbs

2.63 kg / 5.80 lbs

16:10

16:9

300 nits

1000:1

18 inch

15.6 inch

17.3 inch

IPS

IPS

100% DCI-P3

60 Hz or 144Hz

FHD (1920x1080) or QHD (2560x1440)

FHD (1920x1080)

3 ms

Realtek ALC3281

Mobile Intel HM370 Chipset

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050 mobile graphics, 6GB GDDR6 / 4070 8GB GDDR6 / 4080 12GB GDDR6 / 4090 16GB GDDR6

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

Per-key AlienFX RGB / CherryMX ultra low-profile mechanical laptop keyboard with per-key AlienFX lighting and N-key rollover

per-key AlienFX RGB lighting

Keyboard with per key RGB LED AlienFX lighting

Windows 11 Home

Windows 10

Windows 10

13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX / i7-13700HX / i7-13650HX

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

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

Stadium loop, logo on lid, and power button

AlienFX lighting programmable with up to 16.8 million distinct colors

Vapor Chamber Cooling

Multi-touch gesture touchpad with integrated scrolling

NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync + Dynamic Display Switching

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

1.8 mm

1.7 mm

16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB

16 or 32 GB

8 or 16 GB

DDR5-4800MHz dual channel

DDR4 3200MHz

DDR4 2666MHz

330W, optional GaN FET

130, 180, or 240 W

4x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, up to 9TB

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

2x PCIe M.2 up to 4TB

2021-06

2019 Computex