Compare Alienware x14 R2 vs Alienware m16 vs Alienware m15 R2
Variants
FHD+ 480Hz
QHD+ 165Hz
QHD+ 240Hz
LCD
OLED
Connectivity
Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 + 1x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x MicroSD Card + 1x Audio
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x mini-DisplayPort + 1x SD Card + 1x RJ45 + 1x Audio
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
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 with Bluetooth 5.3 / Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690 with Bluetooth 5.3
Killer 1675i / 1690i Wi-Fi 6E Dual 2x2 Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.2
WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2
Construction
Battery | Capacity
80.5 WHr
86 WHr
76 Wh
Battery | Type
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Camera
FHD (1920 x 1080 resolution) camera, supports Windows Hello IR
FHD (1920 x 1080 resolution) camera, optional Windows Hello IR
Camera | Front
Alienware FHD (1920x1080 resolution) camera with
Colors
Lunar Silver
Dark Metallic Moon
Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon
Material
Full Metal Chassis constructed with Anodized Aluminum and Magnesium Alloy
Full Metal Chassis constructed with Anodized Aluminum and Magnesium Alloy
Magnesium alloy
Microphone
Dual-array microphone
Dual-array microphone
Dual array integrated microphones
Speakers
2.0 speakers
Dimensions
Size | Depth
260.41 mm / 10.25"
289.9 mm / 11.41"
276 mm / 10.9 inch
Size | Height
14.5 mm / 0.57"
23.0-25.4 mm / 0.91 - 1 inch
20.1 mm / 0.791 inch | 20.5 mm / 0.807 inch w/ Tobii Eyetracking
Size | Width
321.08 mm / 12.64"
368.9 mm / 14.5"
360.5 mm / 14.19 inch
Weight
2.08 kg / 4.59 lbs
2.16 kg / 4.75 lbs
Display
Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:10
Brightness
300 nits
300 nits
Contrast Ratio
1000:1
1000:1
Display Diagonal
14 inch
16 inch
17.3 inch
Display Type
IPS
IPS
LCD or OLED
Gamut
100% DCI-P3
Refresh Rate
165 Hz
60 Hz or 144Hz
Resolution
QHD+ (2560 x 1600)
Response Time
3 ms
3 ms
Function
Chipset
Mobile Intel HM370 Chipset
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB / RTX 4050 6GB / RTX 4060 8GB
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050 mobile graphics, 6GB GDDR6 / 4070 8GB GDDR6 / 4080 12GB GDDR6 / 4090 16GB 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
Keyboard Backlight
Alienware X Series 1-Zone AlienFX keyboard
1-zone / per-key AlienFX RGB / CherryMX ultra low-profile mechanical laptop keyboard with per-key AlienFX lighting and N-key rollover
Keyboard with per key RGB LED AlienFX lighting
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Windows 11 Home
Windows 10
Processor
13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13620H / i5-13420H
13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX / i7-13700HX / i7-13650HX
9th-gen Intel Core i5-9300H, i7-9750H, i9-9880H, or i9-9880HK
RGB Lighting
Stadium loop, logo on lid, and power button
Thermal Solution
Vapor Chamber Cooling
Vapor Chamber Cooling
Touchpad
Multi-touch gesture touchpad with integrated scrolling
Multi-touch gesture touchpad with integrated scrolling
Variable Framerate
NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync + Dynamic Display Switching
NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync + Dynamic Display Switching
Performance
Key Travel
1.2 mm
1.8 mm
1.7 mm
Memory | Capacity
16 GB / 32 GB
16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB
8 or 16 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR5 4800MHz
DDR5-4800MHz dual channel
DDR4 2666MHz
Power Supply
130W Type-C Small Form Factor adapter
330W, optional GaN FET
130, 180, or 240 W
Storage
1x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, up to 4TB
4x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, up to 9TB
2x PCIe M.2 up to 4TB
Production
Debut
2019 Computex
Reviews
Neofiliac score
66%
84%
Pros
- All-metal construction
- Good wireless connectivity
- High grade of construction
- Quad M.2 storage with RAID
- Optional mechanical keyboard
- No numeric keypad
- Powerful
- Wide range of configurable options
- Superb port selection
- Elegant design
- Beautiful OLED display
- Excellent keyboard and touchpad
- Excellent battery life
Cons
- Very large and heavy for its class
- Low performance for a gaming laptop
- Soldered memory
- Limited storage
- Very large, very heavy
- Thick bezels
- Display somewhat dark
- No 4K option
- High price
- Not as powerful as the Alienware Area-51m
- High CPU temperatures
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