Compare MSI Stealth 17 Studio 2023 vs Alienware m16 vs Dell G15 5530
Variants
FHD
QHD
UHD
UHD MiniLED
FHD+ 480Hz
QHD+ 165Hz
QHD+ 240Hz
Connectivity
Ports
1x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 1x HDMI + 1x RJ45 (Killer 2.5G) + 1x Audio + 1x SD Card reader
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x mini-DisplayPort + 1x SD Card + 1x RJ45 + 1x Audio
1x USB-C + 3x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x RJ45 + 1x Audio
Wireless Connectivity
Killer ax Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth v5.3
Killer 1675i / 1690i Wi-Fi 6E Dual 2x2 Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.2
Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201, 2x2 802.11ax
Construction
Battery | Capacity
4-Cell 99 Wh
86 WHr
56 WHr / 86 WHr
Battery | Type
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Camera
IR FHD type (30fps@1080p)
FHD (1920 x 1080 resolution) camera, optional Windows Hello IR
Integrated widescreen HD (720p) Webcam
Colors
Core Black
Dark Metallic Moon
Dark Shadow Gray with Black thermal shelf / Quantum White with Deep Space Blue thermal shelf / Pop Purple with Neo Mint thermal shelf
Material
Magnesium-Aluminum Alloy Chassis
Full Metal Chassis constructed with Anodized Aluminum and Magnesium Alloy
Microphone
Dual-array microphone
Single Array Digital Microphone
Speakers
2x 2W Speaker + 4x 2W Woofer
2 tuned speakers with Dolby Audio
Dimensions
Size | Depth
283.5 mm
289.9 mm / 11.41"
274.5 mm / 10.8"
Size | Height
20.1-20.8 mm
23.0-25.4 mm / 0.91 - 1 inch
26.9 mm / 1.06"
Size | Width
397.6 mm
368.9 mm / 14.5"
357.26 mm / 14.07"
Weight
2.8 kg
from 2.65 kg / 5.84 lbs
Display
Aspect Ratio
16:9
16:10
16:9
Brightness
300 nits
250 nits / 300 nits
Contrast Ratio
1000:1
1000:1
Display Diagonal
17.3 inch
16 inch
15 inch
Display Type
IPS
IPS
IPS
Gamut
100% sRGB
Refresh Rate
120 Hz / 165 Hz
Resolution
FHD (1920 x 1080)
Response Time
3 ms
Function
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4090 Laptop GPU 16GB GDDR6 / 4080 12GB / 4070 8GB / 4060 8GB / 4050 6GB
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050 mobile graphics, 6GB GDDR6 / 4070 8GB GDDR6 / 4080 12GB GDDR6 / 4090 16GB GDDR6
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX
Keyboard Backlight
Per-Key RGB Keyboard by SteelSeries
1-zone / per-key AlienFX RGB / CherryMX ultra low-profile mechanical laptop keyboard with per-key AlienFX lighting and N-key rollover
1-zone RGB backlit, optional 4-zone RGB
Operating System
Windows 11 Home / Pro
Windows 11 Home
Windows 11 Home
Processor
Up to 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 Processor
13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX / i7-13700HX / i7-13650HX
13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX / i7-13700HX / i7-13650HX / i5-13450HX
RGB Lighting
Stadium loop, logo on lid, and power button
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
1.8 mm
Memory | Capacity
2x SO-DIMMs, Max 64GB
16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB
up to 32GB (2x SO-DIMMs)
Memory | Type
DDR5 5200MHz dual channel
DDR5-4800MHz dual channel
DDR5-4800MHz dual channel
Power Supply
240W
330W, optional GaN FET
240W AC Adapter / 330W AC Adapter
Storage
2x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen4)
4x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, up to 9TB
Up to 2TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD Class 40
Reviews
Neofiliac score
80%
84%
47%
Pros
- Rather powerful components
- Somewhat clean styling
- Good display options for work or gaming
- Good keyboard
- Mostly made of metal
- Large battery
- Good speakers
- Good port selection
- 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
- Good CPU selection
- Low price in North America
Cons
- Large bezels
- Larger than the competition
- Very large, very heavy
- Thick bezels
- Display somewhat dark
- No 4K option
- High price
- 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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