Compare MSI Raider GE78 vs Alienware m16 vs Alienware m15 R2
Variants
FHD+
QHD+
FHD+ 480Hz
QHD+ 165Hz
QHD+ 240Hz
LCD
OLED
Connectivity
Ports
1x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x 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
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
Killer ax Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth v5.3
Killer 1675i / 1690i Wi-Fi 6E Dual 2x2 Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.2
WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2
Construction
Battery | Capacity
4-Cell 99 Wh
86 WHr
76 Wh
Battery | Type
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Camera
IR FHD type (30fps@1080p)
FHD (1920 x 1080 resolution) camera, optional Windows Hello IR
Camera | Front
Alienware FHD (1920x1080 resolution) camera with
Colors
Core Black
Dark Metallic Moon
Lunar Light or Dark Side of the Moon
Material
Full Metal Chassis constructed with Anodized Aluminum and Magnesium Alloy
Magnesium alloy
Microphone
Dual-array microphone
Dual array integrated microphones
Speakers
2x 2W Speaker + 4x 2W Woofer
2.0 speakers
Dimensions
Size | Depth
298 mm
289.9 mm / 11.41"
276 mm / 10.9 inch
Size | Height
23 mm
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
380 mm
368.9 mm / 14.5"
360.5 mm / 14.19 inch
Weight
3.1 kg
2.16 kg / 4.75 lbs
Display
Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:10
Brightness
300 nits
Contrast Ratio
1000:1
Display Diagonal
17 inch
16 inch
17.3 inch
Display Type
IPS
IPS
LCD or OLED
Refresh Rate
60 Hz or 144Hz
Response Time
3 ms
Function
Chipset
Intel® HM770
Mobile Intel HM370 Chipset
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4090 Laptop GPU 16GB GDDR6 / 4080 12GB / 4070 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
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
Keyboard with per key RGB LED AlienFX lighting
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Windows 11 Home
Windows 10
Processor
Up to 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 HX Processor
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
Touchpad
Multi-touch gesture touchpad with integrated scrolling
Variable Framerate
NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync + Dynamic Display Switching
Performance
Key Travel
1.8 mm
1.7 mm
Memory | Capacity
2x SO-DIMMs, Max 64GB
16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB
8 or 16 GB
Memory | Type
DDR5 5200MHz dual channel
DDR5-4800MHz dual channel
DDR4 2666MHz
Power Supply
330W
330W, optional GaN FET
130, 180, or 240 W
Storage
1x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen4) + 1x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen5)
4x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, up to 9TB
2x PCIe M.2 up to 4TB
Production
Debut
2019 Computex
Reviews
Neofiliac score
84%
84%
Pros
- Powerful components
- Good speaker setup
- PCIe 5.0 support
- Great 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
- Elegant design
- Beautiful OLED display
- Excellent keyboard and touchpad
- Excellent battery life
Cons
- Very deep for a 16:10 17-incher
- Not the best displays in its class
- Has numeric keypad
- 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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