Compare Alienware x14 R2 vs MSI Katana 15 2023 vs Dell G15 5530
Variants
B12U
B12V
B13U
B13V
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
1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB 2.0 + 1x RJ45 + 1x Audio
1x USB-C + 3x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x RJ45 + 1x Audio
Wireless Connectivity
Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 with Bluetooth 5.3 / Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690 with Bluetooth 5.3
802.11 ax Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth v5.2
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201, 2x2 802.11ax
Construction
Battery | Capacity
80.5 WHr
3-Cell 53.5 Wh
56 WHr / 86 WHr
Battery | Type
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Camera
FHD (1920 x 1080 resolution) camera, supports Windows Hello IR
HD type (30fps@720p)
Integrated widescreen HD (720p) Webcam
Colors
Lunar Silver
Black
Dark Shadow Gray with Black thermal shelf / Quantum White with Deep Space Blue thermal shelf / Pop Purple with Neo Mint thermal shelf
Material
Full Metal Chassis constructed with Anodized Aluminum and Magnesium Alloy
Microphone
Dual-array microphone
Single Array Digital Microphone
Speakers
2x 2W Speaker
2 tuned speakers with Dolby Audio
Dimensions
Size | Depth
260.41 mm / 10.25"
259 mm
274.5 mm / 10.8"
Size | Height
14.5 mm / 0.57"
24.9 mm
26.9 mm / 1.06"
Size | Width
321.08 mm / 12.64"
359 mm
357.26 mm / 14.07"
Weight
2.08 kg / 4.59 lbs
2.25 kg
from 2.65 kg / 5.84 lbs
Display
Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:9
16:9
Brightness
300 nits
250 nits / 300 nits
Contrast Ratio
1000:1
1000:1
Display Diagonal
14 inch
15.6 inch
15 inch
Display Type
IPS
IPS
IPS
Gamut
100% DCI-P3
100% sRGB
Refresh Rate
165 Hz
144 Hz
120 Hz / 165 Hz
Resolution
QHD+ (2560 x 1600)
FHD (1920x1080)
FHD (1920 x 1080)
Response Time
3 ms
Function
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB / RTX 4050 6GB / RTX 4060 8GB
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4070 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR6 / 4060 8GB / 4050 6GB
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX
Keyboard Backlight
Alienware X Series 1-Zone AlienFX keyboard
4-Zone RGB Gaming Keyboard
1-zone RGB backlit, optional 4-zone RGB
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Windows 11 Home
Windows 11 Home
Processor
13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13620H / i5-13420H
13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX / i7-13700HX / i7-13650HX / i5-13450HX
Thermal Solution
Vapor Chamber Cooling
Touchpad
Multi-touch gesture touchpad with integrated scrolling
Precision Touchpad
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
Memory | Capacity
16 GB / 32 GB
2x SO-DIMMs, Max 64GB
up to 32GB (2x SO-DIMMs)
Memory | Type
LPDDR5 4800MHz
DDR5 4800MHz dual channel
DDR5-4800MHz dual channel
Power Supply
130W Type-C Small Form Factor adapter
200W
240W AC Adapter / 330W AC Adapter
Storage
1x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, up to 4TB
2x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen4)
Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD Class 40
Reviews
Neofiliac score
66%
36%
47%
Pros
- All-metal construction
- Good wireless connectivity
- Available with some powerful components
- Upgradable
- Rather affordable
- Good CPU selection
- Low price in North America
Cons
- Very large and heavy for its class
- Low performance for a gaming laptop
- Soldered memory
- Limited storage
- Often sold with dated hardware
- Poor, dated port selection
- Low build quality
- Somewhat ugly
- Quite strange styling
- Just as large as the G16 but much smaller display
- Quite large and heavy for its class
- Average construction
- Poor webcam
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