Alienware m18 R2 laptop review: Jumping from Core i9-13980HX to i9-14900HX

Name: Alienware m18 R2
Brand: Alienware

Sideways step for the series. It may be called the Alienware m18 R2, but it's more like the Alienware m18 R1.1. The CPU and GPU perform identically to last year's model for no major year-over-year improvements. Save yourself a few hundred dollars by opting for the m18 R1 version instead.

Allen Ngo 👁, Published 03/22/2024 🇸🇪 🇹🇷 ...

Geforce Gaming Laptop Raptor Lake

Dell has refreshed its Alienware m18 series this year with the new m18 R2. Unlike the jump from the m16 R1 to the m16 R2, however, the m18 R2 utilizes the same chassis design as its predecessor but with new Raptor Lake-HX Core ix-14000HX CPUs to replace the older Core ix-13000HX options. Nearly everything else remains unchanged and so we recommend checking out our existing reviews on the m18 R1 and m18 R1 AMD configurations to learn more about the physical features of the m18 r2.

Our unit in review is the highest-end configuration with the Core i9-14900HX CPU, 175 W GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, 1600p 165 Hz IPS display, and CherryMX ultra low-profile mechanical keyboard for approximately $3200. Other SKUs may include the Core i7-14650HX, RTX 4060, 1200p 480 Hz display, and standard membrane-based keyboard starting at just under $2000.

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Alienware m18 R2 (m18 Series)

Processor

Intel Core i9-14900HX 24 x 1.6 - 5.8 GHz, 180 W PL2 / Short Burst, 144 W PL1 / Sustained, Raptor Lake-HX Refresh

Graphics adapter

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU - 16 GB VRAM, Core: 1950 MHz, Memory: 2250 MHz, 175 W TDP, GDDR6, 551.76, Advanced Optimus, MUX

Memory

32 GB

, SK Hynix, DDR5-5600, 46-45-45-89, Dual-Channel

Display

18.00 inch 16:10, 2560 x 1600 pixel 168 PPI, BOE NE18NZ1, IPS, Controller: BOE0AFB, Dell P/N: HF1FV, glossy: no, HDR, 165 Hz, Adaptive Sync

Mainboard

Intel HM770 (Raptor Lake-S PCH)

Storage

SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N, 2048 GB

Soundcard

Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH - cAVS

Connections

6 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 2 USB 3.1 Gen2, 2 USB 4.0 40 Gbps, 2 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 3 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm headset, Card Reader: SD

Networking

Intel Killer E5000 (10/100/1000/2500/5000MBit/s), Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE1750x BE200NGW (), Bluetooth 5.4

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 26.7 x 410.3 x 319.9 ( = 1.05 x 16.15 x 12.59 in)

Battery

97 Wh Lithium-Polymer

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11 Home

Camera

Webcam: 1080p30
Primary Camera: 2 MPix

Additional features

Speakers: Stereo, 2W x2, Keyboard: Chiclet, Keyboard Light: yes, Alienware Command Center, Update, Digital Delivery, 12 Months Warranty

Weight

3.955 kg ( = 139.51 oz / 8.72 pounds), Power Supply: 1.076 kg ( = 37.95 oz / 2.37 pounds)

Price

3300 USD

Links

Alienware homepage
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Potential Competitors in Comparison

Rating	Date	Model	Weight	Height	Size	Resolution
89.5 %	03/2024	Alienware m18 R2 i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	4 kg	26.7 mm	18.00"	2560x1600
89.2 %	11/2023	Alienware m18 R1 AMD R9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	3.9 kg	26.7 mm	18.00"	1920x1200
90.7 %	04/2023	Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	3.9 kg	26.7 mm	18.00"	1920x1200
88.8 %	01/2024	MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	3.6 kg	32.1 mm	18.00"	3840x2400
87.4 %	03/2023	Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	3 kg	31 mm	18.00"	2560x1600
88.3 %	10/2023	Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	3.2 kg	29.15 mm	18.00"	2560x1600

Case — Still Big With A Rear Thermal Deck

The RJ-45 port this year has been upgraded from the Killer E3000 to the Killer E5000 for 2x the throughput (2.5 Gbps vs. 5 Gbps). Otherwise, the external design remains the same as before.

Size Comparison

Alienware m18 R2 Alienware m18 R1 AMD Alienware m18 R1 MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI DIN A4 ❌

SD Card Reader

SD Card Reader
average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs)
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX (Angelibird AV Pro V60)	190.7 MB/s 0%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II)	190.3 MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II)	177.5 MB/s -7%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II)	83.8 MB/s -56%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	72 (60.61^min - 73.13^max) MB/s -62%
maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB)
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II)	230.5 MB/s +5%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II)	219.7 MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX (Angelibird AV Pro V60)	208.5 MB/s -5%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II)	91.5 MB/s -58%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	85.99 MB/s -61%

Communication

Networking
iperf3 transmit AXE11000
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1586 (803^min - 1641^max) MBit/s +101%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Qualcomm WCN685x	1460 (1310^min - 1543^max) MBit/s +85%
Alienware m18 R1 Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	1272 (922^min - 1396^max) MBit/s +61%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE1750x BE200NGW	1011 (514^min - 1160^max) MBit/s +28%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	942 (475^min - 985^max) MBit/s +19%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE1750x BE200NGW	791 (736^min - 894^max) MBit/s
iperf3 receive AXE11000
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1611 (839^min - 1699^max) MBit/s +17%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Qualcomm WCN685x	1461 (766^min - 1548^max) MBit/s +6%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE1750x BE200NGW	1381 (1277^min - 1427^max) MBit/s
Alienware m18 R1 Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	1155 (761^min - 1320^max) MBit/s -16%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE1750x BE200NGW	1116 (932^min - 1352^max) MBit/s -19%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	872 (330^min - 895^max) MBit/s -37%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Qualcomm WCN685x	1862 (960^min - 1973^max) MBit/s +187%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	1593 (1545^min - 1627^max) MBit/s +146%
Alienware m18 R1 Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	1495 (758^min - 1574^max) MBit/s +131%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE1750x BE200NGW	1096 (900^min - 1242^max) MBit/s +69%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE1750x BE200NGW	648 (595^min - 759^max) MBit/s
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Qualcomm WCN685x	1619 (818^min - 1660^max) MBit/s +25%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	1473 (1448^min - 1490^max) MBit/s +14%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE1750x BE200NGW	1379 (709^min - 1426^max) MBit/s +7%
Alienware m18 R1 Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter	1360 (1300^min - 1413^max) MBit/s +5%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE1750x BE200NGW	1292 (1215^min - 1327^max) MBit/s

Alienware m18 R2; iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø648 (595-759)

Alienware m18 R2; iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1291 (1215-1327)

Webcam

ColorChecker Alienware m18 R2: 10.67 ∆E min: 1.73 - max: 21.29 ∆E

Maintenance

Display — 1200p or 1600p?

Matte panel is not as grainy as the 1200p option due to the higher PPI from 1600p

Interestingly, the panel name on our m18 R2 configuration is the same as on our m18 R1 configuration even though they have different native resolutions (1600p vs. 1200p) and refresh rates (165 Hz vs. 480 Hz). Both panels otherwise offer similar P3 colors, fast response times, and decent ~1000:1 contrast ratios.

After seeing both panels, we recommend the 1600p option as 1200p on an 18-inch screen isn't very sharp while its 480 Hz refresh rate offers just marginal benefits over 165 Hz for the vast majority of use cases.

Windows Dynamic Resolution is not supported and so the refresh rate is fixed at either 165 Hz or 60 Hz on the OS. However, G-Sync is still supported when running games on dGPU mode. HDR is not supported since the backlight is not bright enough to satisfy HDR requirements. In fact, our 1600p display is even slightly dimmer on average than the 1200p configuration.

Matte display with no glossy, OLED, or mini-LED options


312.3 cd/m²	293.2 cd/m²	303.6 cd/m²
279.1 cd/m²	271.8 cd/m²	260.4 cd/m²
263.1 cd/m²	244.8 cd/m²	246 cd/m²

Distribution of brightness

BOE NE18NZ1 tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2

Maximum: 312.3 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 274.9 cd/m² Minimum: 15.2 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 78 %
Center on Battery: 271.8 cd/m²
Contrast: 1007:1 (Black: 0.27 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.48 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 0.56
ΔE Greyscale 3.7 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
88.9% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.5% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
97.8% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.2

Download ICC File (X-Rite i1Pro 2)

	Alienware m18 R2 BOE NE18NZ1, IPS, 2560x1600, 18.00	Alienware m18 R1 AMD BOE NE18NZ1, IPS, 1920x1200, 18.00	Alienware m18 R1 Chi Mei 180JME, IPS, 1920x1200, 18.00	MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG AU Optronics B180ZAN01.0, Mini-LED, 3840x2400, 18.00	Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NE180QDM-NZ2 (BOE0B35), IPS, 2560x1600, 18.00	Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 AUO45A8 (B180QAN01.2), IPS, 2560x1600, 18.00
Display		0%	1%	-1%	-1%	2%
Display P3 Coverage	97.8	98.5 1%	97.7 0%	98.1 0%	98.1 0%	99.8 2%
sRGB Coverage	99.5	99.7 0%	100 1%	99.8 0%	99.9 0%	100 1%
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage	88.9	88.7 0%	89.8 1%	86.2 -3%	85.6 -4%	91.8 3%
Response Times		28%	24%	-375%	4%	-57%
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% *	5.3 ?(2.2, 3.1)	2.8 ?(1.2, 1.6) 47%	3 ?(1.5, 1.5) 43%	8.6 ?(4.2, 4.4) -62%	5.6 ?(2.7, 2.9) -6%	7.6 ?(4.4, 3.2) -43%
Response Time Black / White *	10.4 ?(4.8, 5.6)	9.6 ?(4.9, 4.7) 8%	9.9 ?(5.4, 4.5) 5%	81.8 ?(76, 5.8) -687%	9 ?(4, 5) 13%	17.8 ?(15.6, 2.2) -71%
PWM Frequency				2592 ?(100)		2509
Screen		29%	24%	-45%	9%	-28%
Brightness middle	271.8	319.6 18%	372.8 37%	467.5 72%	471 73%	360 32%
Brightness	275	304 11%	367 33%	459 67%	422 53%	355 29%
Brightness Distribution	78	87 12%	97 24%	90 15%	83 6%	92 18%
Black Level *	0.27	0.25 7%	0.32 -19%		0.47 -74%	0.21 22%
Contrast	1007	1278 27%	1165 16%		1002 0%	1714 70%
Colorchecker dE 2000 *	2.48	1.22 51%	1.92 23%	3.77 -52%	2.05 17%	3.82 -54%
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. *	5.59	3.1 45%	3.65 35%	6.12 -9%	4.15 26%	7.38 -32%
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated *	0.56	0.47 16%	0.51 9%	2.94 -425%	0.8 -43%	2.24 -300%
Greyscale dE 2000 *	3.7	0.8 78%	1.5 59%	3.2 14%	2.8 24%	5.06 -37%
Gamma	2.2 ^100%	2.23 ^99%	2.34 ^94%	2.43 ^91%	2.204 ^100%	2.52 ^87%
CCT	6355 ^102%	6471 ^100%	6607 ^98%	6478 ^100%	7122 ^91%	5657 ^115%
Total Average (Program / Settings)		19% / 23%	16% / 19%	-140% / -89%	4% / 6%	-28% / -26%

* ... smaller is better

Grayscale and colors are fairly accurate out of the box even though the display does not come pre-calibrated. Calibrating the panel ourselves would improve average deltaE values to <1 to better exploit the full P3 colors. Our calibrated ICM profile is available to download above for free.

Display Response Times

ℹ

Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.

↔ Response Time Black to White
10.4 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 4.8 ms rise
10.4 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 5.6 ms fall
The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 23 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (21.5 ms).
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
5.3 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 2.2 ms rise
5.3 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 3.1 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 12 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (33.7 ms).

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

ℹ

To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession - a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.

Screen flickering / PWM not detected

In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17903 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured.

Performance — Raptor Lake-HX Refresh

Testing Conditions

We set Alienware Command Center to Overdrive mode and Windows to Performance mode prior to running the benchmarks below. We also set the system to dGPU mode via Nvidia Control Panel. Advanced Optimus and MUX are supported meaning no reboot is required when switching between the iGPU and dGPU.

It's worth noting that we experienced a few bugs on our unit all related to Sleep mode. The system would sometimes not enter Sleep mode correctly when closing the lid and it would consequently become very warm for no reason. If this were to occur when traveling, the battery may be depleted without any warning. Additionally, the screen would sometimes freeze for a few seconds when waking from Sleep. We suspect that this may be an issue related to the MUX or automatic GPU switching.

The five different power profiles summarized with star ratings

Real-time system vitals but with no way to export the readings

Processor

The Core i9-14900HX is a rebrand of last year's Core i9-13900HX and so any performance differences between them are minor at best. In fact, the Core i9-13980HX in last year's m18 R1 would consistently outperform our i9-14900HX by a few percentage points in multi-threaded workloads.

Downgrading to the Core i7-14700HX or Core i7-14650HX is expected to reduce processor performance by about 25 to 30 percent and 30 to 35 percent, respectively. These lesser CPUs are also rebrands of the older Core i7-13700HX and Core i7-14750HX.

Cinebench R15 Multi Loop

Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX: Ø4743 (4458.81-4807.11)

Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX: Ø5466 (5377.07-5540.93)

Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX: Ø4934 (4579.8-4989.4)

MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX: Ø4753 (4700.35-4782.4)

Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX: Ø3111 (3067.01-3136.03)

Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX: Ø4541 (4495.39-4584.53)

CPU Performance Rating: Percent
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 6.2: Multi-Core | Single-Core
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean

CPU Performance Rating
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	85 pt
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	84.1 pt
Alienware m18 R1 ^-2! Intel Core i9-13980HX	81.4 pt
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	80.5 pt
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	80.1 pt
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX	79.6 pt
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 ^-2! Intel Core i9-13950HX	76.8 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	60.7 pt
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI ^-2! Intel Core i7-13650HX	60 pt
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	58.7 pt
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER ^-2! Intel Core i7-13700H	49.9 pt
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	47.5 pt

Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	34613 (33896.2^min - 34613.2^max) Points +10%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	32601 (28888.6^min - 32601.4^max) Points +4%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	32428 (29693.8^min - 32428.3^max) Points +3%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	31391 (28656^min - 31390.7^max) Points
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	30631 Points -2%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (20702 - 32996, n=22)	28890 Points -8%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	28681 (25585.5^min - 28680.9^max) Points -9%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	21006 Points -33%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	18843 Points -40%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	17623 (17398.8^min - 17622.8^max) Points -44%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	15872 Points -49%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	14087 Points -55%

Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	2235 Points
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (2043 - 2235, n=22)	2174 Points -3%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	2143 Points -4%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	2106 Points -6%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	2093 Points -6%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	2076 Points -7%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	1948 Points -13%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	1903 Points -15%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	1832 Points -18%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	1777 Points -20%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	1569 Points -30%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	1549 Points -31%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	13308 Points +13%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	12423 Points +5%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	12103 Points +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	11816 Points
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	11726 Points -1%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (8427 - 12419, n=22)	10988 Points -7%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	10919 Points -8%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	7999 Points -32%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	7041 Points -40%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	6894 Points -42%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	6208 Points -47%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	5408 Points -54%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	853 Points
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (779 - 859, n=22)	832 Points -2%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	823 Points -4%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	807 Points -5%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	804 Points -6%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	797 Points -7%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	747 Points -12%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	728 Points -15%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	714 Points -16%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	690 Points -19%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	611 Points -28%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	594 Points -30%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	5541 (5377.07^min - 5540.93^max) Points +15%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	4989 (4579.8^min - 4989.4^max) Points +4%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	4807 (4458.81^min - 4807.11^max) Points
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	4782 (4700.35^min - 4782.4^max) Points -1%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	4585 (4495.39^min - 4584.53^max) Points -5%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	4481 Points -7%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (3263 - 4875, n=23)	4391 Points -9%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	3136 (3067.01^min - 3136.03^max) Points -35%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	2894 (2664.71^min - 2893.73^max) Points -40%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2817 (2741.98^min - 2817.3^max) Points -41%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	2484 Points -48%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	2296 (2231.27^min - 2296.34^max) Points -52%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	318 Points
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	309 Points -3%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (287 - 320, n=23)	308 Points -3%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	303 Points -5%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	300 Points -6%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	297 Points -7%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	295 Points -7%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	287 Points -10%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	275 Points -14%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	274 Points -14%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	251 Points -21%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	223 Points -30%

Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	222 Seconds * -118%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	199 Seconds * -95%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	183 Seconds * -79%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	182 Seconds * -78%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	158 Seconds * -55%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (102 - 164, n=22)	119.3 Seconds * -17%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	111 Seconds * -9%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	106 Seconds * -4%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	104 Seconds * -2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	102 Seconds *
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	97 Seconds * +5%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	87 Seconds * +15%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	140493 MIPS +14%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	129804 MIPS +6%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	122772 MIPS
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	121266 MIPS -1%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	119590 MIPS -3%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	116665 MIPS -5%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (87555 - 127108, n=22)	112369 MIPS -8%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	80057 MIPS -35%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	72749 MIPS -41%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	71260 MIPS -42%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	71102 MIPS -42%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	61495 MIPS -50%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	7381 MIPS +4%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	7103 MIPS
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (6206 - 7508, n=22)	7091 MIPS 0%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	6977 MIPS -2%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	6889 MIPS -3%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	6880 MIPS -3%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	6697 MIPS -6%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	6642 MIPS -6%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	6504 MIPS -8%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	6125 MIPS -14%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	5797 MIPS -18%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	4933 MIPS -31%

Geekbench 6.2 / Multi-Core
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	18233 Points
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	18014 Points -1%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (15849 - 18643, n=22)	17541 Points -4%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	16652 Points -9%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	16316 Points -11%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	13128 Points -28%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	12447 Points -32%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	10348 Points -43%

Geekbench 6.2 / Single-Core
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	3057 Points
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (2800 - 3095, n=22)	2993 Points -2%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	2892 Points -5%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	2876 Points -6%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	2843 Points -7%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2730 Points -11%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	2706 Points -11%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	2115 Points -31%

Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	22200 Points +4%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	21284 Points
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	20566 Points -3%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	20036 Points -6%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	19802 Points -7%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (8618 - 21606, n=22)	19375 Points -9%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	19137 Points -10%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	14367 Points -32%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	13090 Points -38%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	12077 Points -43%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	11399 Points -46%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	9694 Points -54%

Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	2193 Points
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	2124 Points -3%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (1669 - 2210, n=22)	2099 Points -4%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	2098 Points -4%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	2062 Points -6%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	2054 Points -6%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	2035 Points -7%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2014 Points -8%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	1941 Points -11%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	1838 Points -16%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	1554 Points -29%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	1527 Points -30%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	37.5 fps +17%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	33.1 fps +3%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	32.1 fps
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	31 fps -3%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	30.9 fps -4%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	30.7 fps -4%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (22.7 - 34.4, n=22)	29.5 fps -8%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	23.6 fps -26%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	21.8 fps -32%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	20.4 fps -36%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	19.9 fps -38%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	17 fps -47%

LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	63.8 s * -42%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	58.8 s * -31%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	55.8 s * -25%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	49.5 s * -10%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	49.4 s * -10%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	47.2 s * -5%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	46.7 s * -4%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	46.2 s * -3%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (33.9 - 85.1, n=22)	45 s * -0%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	44.8 s *
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	43.4 s * +3%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	41.8 s * +7%

R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H	0.536 sec * -42%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	0.4911 sec * -30%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX	0.4398 sec * -17%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	0.4288 sec * -14%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	0.4278 sec * -14%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	0.4145 sec * -10%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX	0.3997 sec * -6%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX	0.3955 sec * -5%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX	0.3931 sec * -4%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX	0.3919 sec * -4%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (0.3609 - 0.4225, n=22)	0.3824 sec * -2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX	0.3767 sec *

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Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

4807 Points

Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit

275 fps

Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit

99.6 %

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

318 Points

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Performance Rating
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	92.9 pt
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	65.5 pt
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	64.5 pt
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	63.3 pt
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	62.3 pt
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX	57.6 pt
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	43.8 pt

AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	60169 KRay/s +105%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	29553 KRay/s +1%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	29351 KRay/s 0%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	29280 KRay/s
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	27414 KRay/s -6%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (17244 - 29351, n=21)	25012 KRay/s -15%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	20012 KRay/s -32%

AIDA64 / FPU Julia
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	252486 Points +77%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	148888 Points +4%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	148168 Points +4%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	142791 Points
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	137015 Points -4%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (88537 - 148888, n=21)	125095 Points -12%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	97317 Points -32%

AIDA64 / CPU SHA3
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	10389 MB/s +46%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	7229 MB/s +2%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	7142 MB/s +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	7095 MB/s
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	6889 MB/s -3%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (4267 - 7229, n=21)	6155 MB/s -13%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	4487 MB/s -37%

AIDA64 / CPU Queen
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	200651 Points +44%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	148773 Points +7%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	141758 Points +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	139323 Points
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (118405 - 148773, n=21)	138444 Points -1%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	135396 Points -3%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	110093 Points -21%

AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	32988 Points +103%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	18256 Points +12%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	16656 Points +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	16279 Points
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	16046 Points -1%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (12217 - 18256, n=21)	15313 Points -6%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	10616 Points -35%

AIDA64 / FPU Mandel
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	134044 Points +85%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	73758 Points +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	72594 Points
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	72355 Points 0%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	68687 Points -5%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (43302 - 72594, n=21)	61340 Points -16%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	48323 Points -33%

AIDA64 / CPU AES
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	237881 MB/s +77%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	149040 MB/s +11%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	138830 MB/s +3%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	136520 MB/s +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	134675 MB/s
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (86964 - 241777, n=21)	133793 MB/s -1%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	85111 MB/s -37%

AIDA64 / CPU ZLib
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	2409 MB/s +17%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	2149 MB/s +5%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	2053 MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	2003 MB/s -2%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	1913 MB/s -7%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (1265 - 2149, n=21)	1795 MB/s -13%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	1251 MB/s -39%

AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	31796 KRay/s +97%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	16325 KRay/s +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	16128 KRay/s
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	16104 KRay/s 0%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	15014 KRay/s -7%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (9170 - 16128, n=21)	13466 KRay/s -17%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	10900 KRay/s -32%

AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	52949 MPixel/s +7%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	50394 MPixel/s +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	49716 MPixel/s
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (33960 - 51118, n=21)	48343 MPixel/s -3%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	41319 MPixel/s -17%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	34957 MPixel/s -30%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	33960 MPixel/s -32%

Stress Test

Core temperature when running Prime95 stress stabilizes at 100 C similar to what we observed on last year's m18 R1 despite the move to a newer processor. Clock rates seem to fluctuate more frequently on the i9-14900HX, however, which may explain its slightly slower performance than the i9-13980HX as mentioned above.

GPU clock rates and board power draw barely change when switching between Balanced, Performance, and Overdrive modes which align with our Fire Strike test results in the GPU Performance section below. This behavior is unlike most other gaming laptops where there is a larger performance gap between Balanced and Performance modes.

	CPU Clock (GHz)	GPU Clock (MHz)	Average CPU Temperature (°C)	Average GPU Temperature (°C)
System Idle	--	--	36	27
Prime95 Stress	2.1 - 3.3	--	99	46
Prime95 + FurMark Stress	1.7 - 3.7	1350 - 2370	74 - 100	54 - 61
Witcher 3 Stress (Balanced mode)	~1.7	2295	~84	66
Witcher 3 Stress (Performance mode)	~1.4	2310	~82	65
Witcher 3 Stress (Overdrive mode)	~1.0	2310	~87	64

System Performance

PCMark 10 / Score
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	9852 Points +7%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	9234 Points
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	8968 Points -3%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	8758 Points -5%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (8201 - 9234, n=8)	8668 Points -6%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	8549 Points -7%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	6404 Points -31%

PCMark 10 / Essentials
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	12334 Points +8%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	11628 Points +2%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	11415 Points
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	11242 Points -2%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (10871 - 11628, n=8)	11190 Points -2%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	10982 Points -4%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	9768 Points -14%

PCMark 10 / Productivity
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	11415 Points
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	11388 Points 0%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (9951 - 11759, n=8)	10707 Points -6%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	10488 Points -8%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	10225 Points -10%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	10125 Points -11%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	8886 Points -22%

PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	18475 Points +13%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	16462 Points 0%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	16398 Points
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	16012 Points -2%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (13219 - 16462, n=8)	14791 Points -10%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	14720 Points -10%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	8212 Points -50%

CrossMark / Overall
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	2194 Points +6%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	2176 Points +5%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (1877 - 2238, n=7)	2123 Points +2%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	2073 Points
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	1929 Points -7%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	1877 Points -9%

CrossMark / Productivity
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	2059 Points +9%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	2005 Points +7%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (1738 - 2113, n=7)	1980 Points +5%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	1881 Points
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	1793 Points -5%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	1738 Points -8%

CrossMark / Creativity
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	2469 Points +3%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	2411 Points +1%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	2393 Points
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (2195 - 2543, n=7)	2384 Points 0%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	2212 Points -8%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	2195 Points -8%

CrossMark / Responsiveness
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	1998 Points +11%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	1904 Points +5%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (1478 - 2327, n=7)	1863 Points +3%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	1806 Points
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	1594 Points -12%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	1478 Points -18%

WebXPRT 3 / Overall
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	387 Points +19%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	338 Points +4%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (322 - 339, n=7)	329 Points +1%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	327 Points 0%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	326 Points
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	320 Points -2%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	312 Points -4%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	312 Points -4%

WebXPRT 4 / Overall
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	309 Points
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	306 Points -1%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (287 - 309, n=5)	301 Points -3%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	295 Points -5%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	287 Points -7%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	277 Points -10%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	277 Points -10%

Mozilla Kraken 1.1 / Total
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	502 ms * -17%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	502 ms * -17%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	459 ms * -7%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	456 ms * -6%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	456 ms * -6%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	452 ms * -5%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (430 - 467, n=8)	447 ms * -4%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	430 ms *

* ... smaller is better

PCMark 10 Score		9234 points
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AIDA64: Memory Copy | Memory Read | Memory Write | Memory Latency

AIDA64 / Memory Copy
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	80776 MB/s +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	79243 MB/s
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	78590 MB/s -1%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (56992 - 83392, n=21)	77561 MB/s -2%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	64308 MB/s -19%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	56992 MB/s -28%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	51423 MB/s -35%

AIDA64 / Memory Read
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	89096 MB/s +4%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	86406 MB/s +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	85791 MB/s
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (54443 - 87507, n=21)	84156 MB/s -2%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	68497 MB/s -20%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	61564 MB/s -28%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	54443 MB/s -37%

AIDA64 / Memory Write
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	79917 MB/s +4%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	77089 MB/s
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	75736 MB/s -2%
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (51387 - 78199, n=21)	74471 MB/s -3%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	61092 MB/s -21%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	60111 MB/s -22%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	51387 MB/s -33%

AIDA64 / Memory Latency
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	105 ns * -22%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M	91.3 ns * -6%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	86.4 ns *
Average Intel Core i9-14900HX (79.7 - 105, n=21)	84.2 ns * +3%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	83.7 ns * +3%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	83.2 ns * +4%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	79.4 ns * +8%

* ... smaller is better

DPC Latency

LatencyMon shows minor DPC issues but with otherwise no dropped frames during 4K60 video playback

DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	8290.5 μs * -195%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	2815.1 μs *
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	2669.6 μs * +5%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	2384.5 μs * +15%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	1155.8 μs * +59%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	965.6 μs * +66%

* ... smaller is better

Storage Devices

The Alienware is one of the first to ship with the 2 TB SK Hynix PC811 PCIe4 x4 NVMe SSD. When compared to the PC801 series, the PC811 series incorporates 8D NAND flash instead of 4D NAND for an overall denser storage capacity and improved power efficiency. The drive is able to sustain maximum transfer rates of ~7100 MB/s when stressed which is essentially the performance ceiling for singular PCIe4 x4 SSDs.

Dell can configure with two 4 TB drives for a total of 8 TB of storage.

CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6

AS SSD

DiskSpd

SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N

CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1: 7125 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1: 6758 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1: 1009 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1: 636.4 MB/s

CDM 5 Read Seq: 5723 MB/s

CDM 5 Write Seq: 5040 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K: 77.12 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K: 291.8 MB/s

Drive Performance Rating | DiskSpd | AS SSD

Drive Performance Rating - Percent
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	84.7 pt
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	80.4 pt
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	74.3 pt
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	64.8 pt
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	62.9 pt
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	34.4 pt

DiskSpd
seq read
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	5588 (5540.05^min - 5587.65^max) MB/s
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	5424 (5395.57^min - 5423.86^max) MB/s -3%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	3975 (3933.84^min - 3975.36^max) MB/s -29%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	3504 (3460.3^min - 3503.92^max) MB/s -37%
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	3326 (3303.54^min - 3326.08^max) MB/s -40%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1870 (1827.25^min - 1869.82^max) MB/s -67%
seq write
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	7291 (7191.64^min - 7291.38^max) MB/s +41%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	5153 (5139.7^min - 5152.91^max) MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	4889 (4680.84^min - 4888.75^max) MB/s -5%
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	4849 (4812.78^min - 4849.24^max) MB/s -6%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	4309 (4272.74^min - 4308.62^max) MB/s -16%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2166 (2094.01^min - 2166.15^max) MB/s -58%
seq q8 t1 read
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	13588 (10727.3^min - 13588.3^max) MB/s +91%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	7115 (6689.03^min - 7114.56^max) MB/s 0%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	7110 (6256.85^min - 7110.18^max) MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	6815 (6081.32^min - 6815.12^max) MB/s -4%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	6329 (5886.29^min - 6328.58^max) MB/s -11%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	4239 (3584.87^min - 4239.18^max) MB/s -40%
seq q8 t1 write
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	10571 (10519.3^min - 10571.3^max) MB/s +56%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	6779 (6710.47^min - 6778.83^max) MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	6097 (6073.79^min - 6096.81^max) MB/s -10%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	5398 (5134.26^min - 5397.97^max) MB/s -20%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	5125 (5108.87^min - 5125.2^max) MB/s -24%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2982 (2920.07^min - 2981.52^max) MB/s -56%
4k q1 t1 read
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	75.7 (74.61^min - 75.65^max) MB/s 0%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	75.4 (73.49^min - 75.43^max) MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	70.4 (69.8^min - 70.36^max) MB/s -7%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	69.6 (68.6^min - 69.57^max) MB/s -8%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	65.8 (65.71^min - 65.83^max) MB/s -13%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	30.6 (30.29^min - 30.64^max) MB/s -59%
4k q1 t1 write
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	300 (297.27^min - 299.6^max) MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	293 (278.18^min - 292.65^max) MB/s -2%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	273 (271.42^min - 272.88^max) MB/s -9%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	219 (216.03^min - 218.97^max) MB/s -27%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	152.1 (149.74^min - 152.09^max) MB/s -49%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	116.3 (111.83^min - 116.33^max) MB/s -61%
4k q32 t16 read
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	6067 (5596.15^min - 6066.73^max) MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	5703 (5624.48^min - 5703.41^max) MB/s -6%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	3829 (3376.24^min - 3829.14^max) MB/s -37%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	3829 (3814.3^min - 3829.16^max) MB/s -37%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	1623 (1464.8^min - 1623.24^max) MB/s -73%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	613 (588.72^min - 613.33^max) MB/s -90%
4k q32 t16 write
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	4176 (3805.57^min - 4175.9^max) MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	3719 (3569.84^min - 3718.59^max) MB/s -11%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	3225 (3169.52^min - 3224.75^max) MB/s -23%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	2627 (2557.39^min - 2627.4^max) MB/s -37%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	1377 (1306.51^min - 1377.05^max) MB/s -67%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	441 (428.19^min - 440.55^max) MB/s -89%

AS SSD
Score Total
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	10655 Points
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	10562 Points -1%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	8304 Points -22%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	8209 Points -23%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	5369 Points -50%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	4272 Points -60%
Score Read
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	3753 Points
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	3622 Points -3%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	3403 Points -9%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	3329 Points -11%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	2194 Points -42%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	1294 Points -66%
Score Write
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	5110 Points +2%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	4993 Points
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	3321 Points -33%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	3106 Points -38%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2387 Points -52%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	2092 Points -58%
Seq Read
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	9576.8 MB/s +62%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	5916.27 MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	5891.83 MB/s 0%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	5753.68 MB/s -3%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	5423 MB/s -8%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	3810.59 MB/s -36%
Seq Write
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	8685.54 MB/s +46%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	5929.42 MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	5634.39 MB/s -5%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	5132.02 MB/s -13%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	4360 MB/s -26%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2319.92 MB/s -61%
4K Read
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	86.4 MB/s +33%
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	65.13 MB/s 0%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	64.97 MB/s
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	63.69 MB/s -2%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	61.69 MB/s -5%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	37.91 MB/s -42%
4K Write
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	254 MB/s +7%
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	248.62 MB/s +4%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	238.28 MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	184.27 MB/s -23%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	152.19 MB/s -36%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	134.66 MB/s -43%
4K-64 Read
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	3096 MB/s
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	2967.47 MB/s -4%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	2765.55 MB/s -11%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	2700 MB/s -13%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	1172.14 MB/s -62%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	874.66 MB/s -72%
4K-64 Write
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	4297.73 MB/s +3%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	4161.9 MB/s
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	2630 MB/s -37%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	2408.06 MB/s -42%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	2002.63 MB/s -52%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	1088.59 MB/s -74%
Access Time Read
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	0.111 ms * -283%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	0.04 ms * -38%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	0.036 ms * -24%
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	0.03 ms * -3%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	0.029 ms *
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	0.025 ms * +14%
Access Time Write
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	0.12 ms * -118%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	0.091 ms * -65%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	0.067 ms * -22%
Alienware m18 R2 SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	0.055 ms *
Alienware m18 R1 SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	0.052 ms * +5%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB	0.017 ms * +69%

* ... smaller is better

Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Alienware m18 R2; diskspd 2.0.17 f: Ø7089 (6353.66-7123.8)

GPU Performance — 175 W TGP Graphics

The 175 W GeForce RTX 4090 is back this year with no major changes for the same gaming performance as last year's m18 R1. Perhaps most importantly, there are again no major performance differences between the Overdrive, Performance, and Balanced profiles as shown by our Fire Strike results table below.

Power Profile	Graphics Score	Physics Score	Combined Score
Overdrive Mode	13664	42232	7665
Performance Mode	13579 (-0%)	42217 (-0%)	7541 (-2%)
Balanced Mode	13449 (-1%)	40978 (-3%)	7592 (-1%)
Battery Power	5116 (-63%)	22857 (-46%)	2102 (-73%)

Dropping down to the RTX 4080, 4070, or 4060 configuration is expected to reduce graphics performance by about 5 to 10 percent, 30 to 35 percent, and 45 to 55 percent, respectively. The stepdown in performance is therefore widest between the RTX 4080 and RTX 4070.

3DMark Performance Rating | 3DMark 11 | 3DMark

3DMark Performance Rating - Percent
Intel Core i7-14700K ^-2! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i7-14700K	100 pt
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13980HX	76.6 pt
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	75.7 pt
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	75.4 pt
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	71.9 pt
Alienware m18 R1 AMD ^-1! AMD Radeon RX 7900M, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	62.1 pt
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 ^-2! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900HX	55.8 pt
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	44.5 pt
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	40.7 pt
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI ^-1! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13650HX	39.8 pt
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN ^-1! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	37.8 pt
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	36.7 pt
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER ^-2! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700H	32.7 pt

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
Intel Core i7-14700K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i7-14700K	103598 Points +50%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13980HX	71383 Points +3%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	69254 Points
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (56764 - 73027, n=36)	65041 Points -6%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	63978 Points -8%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Radeon RX 7900M, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	59943 Points -13%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900HX	59420 Points -14%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	44546 Points -36%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13650HX	40413 Points -42%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	40039 Points -42%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	39733 Points -43%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	37294 Points -46%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700H	35731 Points -48%

3DMark
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
Intel Core i7-14700K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i7-14700K	70246 Points +58%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	50532 Points +14%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Radeon RX 7900M, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	50241 Points +13%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13980HX	46998 Points +6%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (40220 - 53059, n=34)	46315 Points +4%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	44492 Points
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900HX	42829 Points -4%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	30438 Points -32%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	29349 Points -34%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	28743 Points -35%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13650HX	28374 Points -36%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	27417 Points -38%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700H	25896 Points -42%
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
Intel Core i7-14700K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i7-14700K	37589 Points +69%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13980HX	22547 Points +1%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	22290 Points
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	22256 Points 0%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (17620 - 23292, n=36)	20991 Points -6%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Radeon RX 7900M, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	19434 Points -13%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900HX	18699 Points -16%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	13166 Points -41%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13650HX	12111 Points -46%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	11683 Points -48%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	11062 Points -50%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	10500 Points -53%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700H	10347 Points -54%
2560x1440 Time Spy Score
Intel Core i7-14700K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i7-14700K	33810 Points +56%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	21695 Points
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13980HX	21617 Points 0%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	21280 Points -2%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (15939 - 22014, n=36)	19811 Points -9%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900HX	18638 Points -14%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Radeon RX 7900M, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	18114 Points -17%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	12853 Points -41%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13650HX	12364 Points -43%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	12062 Points -44%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	10950 Points -50%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700H	10759 Points -50%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	10640 Points -51%
2560x1440 Port Royal Graphics
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13980HX	14225 Points +1%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	14201 Points +1%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	14069 Points
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (10798 - 14457, n=27)	13313 Points -5%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Radeon RX 7900M, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	10814 Points -23%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	7740 Points -45%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13650HX	7216 Points -49%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	7078 Points -50%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	6640 Points -53%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	5837 Points -59%
2560x1440 Speed Way Score
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13980HX	5794 Points 0%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	5784 Points
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	5726 Points -1%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (4401 - 5940, n=26)	5487 Points -5%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	3095 Points -46%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	2789 Points -52%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	2604 Points -55%

3DMark Performance Rating | 3DMark 11 | 3DMark

3DMark 11 Performance		48622 points
3DMark Fire Strike Score		34966 points
3DMark Time Spy Score		21695 points
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v3.3 Classroom HIP/AMD
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	330 Seconds *
v3.3 Classroom OPTIX/RTX
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13650HX	24 Seconds * -100%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700H	23 Seconds * -92%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	22 Seconds * -83%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	21 Seconds * -75%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	20 Seconds * -67%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	19 Seconds * -58%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900HX	14 Seconds * -17%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	12 Seconds *
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (9 - 19, n=34)	12 Seconds * -0%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	10 Seconds * +17%
Intel Core i7-14700K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i7-14700K	8 Seconds * +33%
v3.3 Classroom CUDA
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700H	42 Seconds * -133%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	41 Seconds * -128%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13650HX	37 Seconds * -106%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	36 Seconds * -100%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	34 Seconds * -89%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	32 Seconds * -78%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900HX	21 Seconds * -17%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (16 - 24, n=34)	18.4 Seconds * -2%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	18 Seconds * -0%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	18 Seconds *
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13980HX	17 Seconds * +6%
Intel Core i7-14700K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i7-14700K	10 Seconds * +44%
v3.3 Classroom CPU
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS	376 Seconds * -109%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS	324 Seconds * -80%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13700H	320 Seconds * -78%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	291 Seconds * -62%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-13650HX	273 Seconds * -52%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (144 - 287, n=34)	197.8 Seconds * -10%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13950HX	196 Seconds * -9%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13900HX	188 Seconds * -4%
Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	180 Seconds *
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-14900HX	179 Seconds * +1%
Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i9-13980HX	170 Seconds * +6%
Intel Core i7-14700K NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Intel Core i7-14700K	155 Seconds * +14%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Radeon RX 7900M, AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX	138 Seconds * +23%

* ... smaller is better

Gaming Performance

Gaming performance remains the same as on the m18 R1 despite the CPU swap. The RTX 4090 pairs very well with the 1600p resolution display when aiming for frame rates above 60 FPS.

Performance Rating - Percent
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	99.1 pt
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	94.6 pt
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	93.7 pt
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	92.8 pt
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	74.8 pt
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	67.3 pt

The Witcher 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	213.9 (205^min) fps +4%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	211.2 (165^min) fps +3%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	205.7 (193^min) fps
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	175 fps -15%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	167.7 (134^min) fps -18%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	119 (100^min) fps -42%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark - 1920x1080 High Quality
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	194.8 fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	193.2 fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	184 fps -5%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	182.1 fps -6%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	152.8 fps -21%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	115.5 fps -40%

Strange Brigade - 1920x1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	385 (27.2^min, 274^P1) fps +4%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	373 (73.3^min, 273^P1) fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	369 (31.4^min, 266^P1) fps
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	344 (145.8^min, 227^P1) fps -7%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	339 (38.9^min, 245^P1) fps -8%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	209 (45^min, 152.5^P1) fps -43%

Dota 2 Reborn - 1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	194.2 (157.6^min) fps +13%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	186.4 (161.1^min) fps +8%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	174.5 (151.1^min) fps +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	171.8 (143.6^min) fps
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	154.7 (134.1^min) fps -10%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	146.2 (121.3^min) fps -15%

X-Plane 11.11 - 1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	143.5 fps +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	140.6 fps
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	139.5 fps -1%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	126.1 fps -10%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	112.6 fps -20%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	83.7 fps -40%

GTA V - 1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	152.7 (3.46^min, 111.1^P1) fps +11%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	149 (3.13^min, 111.1^P1) fps +9%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	139.2 (3.73^min, 90.9^P1) fps +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	137 (7.81^min, 83.3^P1) fps
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	117.2 (6.43^min, 76.9^P1) fps -14%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	105 (4.76^min, 62.5^P1) fps -23%

Baldur's Gate 3
1920x1080 Ultra Preset
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	207.7 fps +3%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	202 fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (160.5 - 208, n=5)	189.5 fps -6%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	152.6 fps -24%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	114.7 fps -43%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	94.4 (35.7^min, 43.2^P0.1, 77.2^P1) fps -53%
2560x1440 Ultra Preset
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	155.2 fps +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	151.6 fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (119.2 - 155.2, n=5)	141.7 fps -7%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	118.5 fps -22%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	81.1 fps -47%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	62.5 (26.8^min, 34.9^P0.1, 52.6^P1) fps -59%
3840x2160 Ultra Preset
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	81.7 fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	80.8 fps -1%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (66 - 81.7, n=5)	74.9 fps -8%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	65.8 fps -19%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	41.1 fps -50%

The Witcher 3
1920x1080 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	531 (483^min, 484.28^P1) fps +31%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	441.6 (406^min) fps +9%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	412.2 (387^min) fps +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	405.6 (374^min) fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (290 - 449, n=21)	379 fps -7%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	368 fps -9%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	240.9 (228^min) fps -41%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	237 (202^min) fps -42%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	210 fps -48%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	198.2 (180^min) fps -51%
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	287 (259^min, 261.1^P1) fps +40%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	213.9 (205^min) fps +4%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	211.2 (165^min) fps +3%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	205.7 (193^min) fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (139.2 - 216, n=32)	197.4 fps -4%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	175 fps -15%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	167.7 (134^min) fps -18%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	120.7 (114^min) fps -41%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	119 (100^min) fps -42%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	113.9 (110^min) fps -45%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	110 fps -47%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	105 fps -49%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	103.4 (91^min) fps -50%
3840x2160 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	274 (238^min, 243.89^P1) fps +74%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	165.6 (152^min) fps +5%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	160.7 (148^min) fps +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	157.7 (149^min) fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (96.3 - 167.6, n=18)	145.8 fps -8%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	116 (107^min) fps -26%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	75.2 (69^min) fps -52%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	72.5 (66^min) fps -54%

GTA V
1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	152.7 (3.46^min, 111.1^P1) fps +11%
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	151.2 (3.55^min, 83.3^P1) fps +10%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	149 (3.13^min, 111.1^P1) fps +9%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	139.2 (3.73^min, 90.9^P1) fps +2%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (91.1 - 167.7, n=35)	138.7 fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	137 (7.81^min, 83.3^P1) fps
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	121.4 (3.6^min, 76.9^P1) fps -11%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	117.2 (6.43^min, 76.9^P1) fps -14%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	114.1 (4.15^min, 66.7^P1) fps -17%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	105 (4.76^min, 62.5^P1) fps -23%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	94.4 (13.1^min, 66.7^P1) fps -31%
2560x1440 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	151.2 (2.91^min, 83.3^P1) fps +12%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	145.5 (2.46^min, 111.1^P1) fps +8%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	140.7 (4.4^min, 100^P1) fps +4%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	134.7 (5.05^min, 83.3^P1) fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (90.4 - 160.6, n=33)	133.8 fps -1%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	105.6 (5.02^min, 62.5^P1) fps -22%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	87.6 (4.62^min, 55.6^P1) fps -35%
3840x2160 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	133.8 (5.14^min, 83.3^P1) fps +52%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	88.2 (3.48^min, 58.8^P1) fps
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	86.9 (3.27^min, 58.8^P1) fps -1%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (60.1 - 90.9, n=18)	82.9 fps -6%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	63.7 (8.69^min, 45.5^P1) fps -28%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	38.2 (3.33^min, 26.3^P1) fps -57%
3840x2160 High/On (Advanced Graphics Off) AA:FX AF:8x
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	185.9 (2.01^min, 125^P1) fps +6%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	176.4 (1.959^min, 111.1^P1) fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	174.9 (2.4^min, 111.1^P1) fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (88.9 - 183.2, n=21)	165.7 fps -5%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	146 (7.5^min, 100^P1) fps -17%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	88.5 (5.15^min, 58.8^P1) fps -49%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark
1920x1080 High Quality
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	228 fps +18%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	194.8 fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	193.2 fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	184 fps -5%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	182.1 fps -6%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (122.2 - 194.9, n=35)	173.2 fps -10%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	152.8 fps -21%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	121.9 fps -37%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	115.5 fps -40%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	115.2 fps -40%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	106.3 fps -45%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	103.4 fps -46%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	103.3 fps -47%
2560x1440 High Quality
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	219 fps +37%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	160.1 fps
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	159.5 fps 0%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	158 fps -1%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (113 - 162.9, n=35)	147 fps -8%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	136.6 fps -15%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	114.6 fps -28%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	88.9 fps -44%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	82 fps -49%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	76.8 fps -52%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	73.7 fps -54%
3840x2160 High Quality
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	159.2 fps +70%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	93.8 fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	93.6 fps 0%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	92.6 fps -1%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (81.9 - 94.7, n=19)	89.9 fps -4%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	79.4 fps -15%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	69.3 fps -26%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	49.4 fps -47%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	46.6 fps -50%

X-Plane 11.11
1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	151.7 fps +8%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	143.5 fps +2%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	140.6 fps
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	139.5 fps -1%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	137.9 fps -2%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (77.8 - 166.2, n=41)	131 fps -7%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	126.1 fps -10%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	112.6 fps -20%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	111.7 fps -21%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	88.2 fps -37%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	83.7 fps -40%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	80.7 fps -43%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	78.4 fps -44%
3840x2160 high (fps_test=3)
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	143.7 fps +19%
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	128.2 fps +6%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	124 fps +3%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	120.4 fps
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	117.7 fps -2%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (67.6 - 145.5, n=22)	113.3 fps -6%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	106.5 fps -12%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	68.6 fps -43%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	64.3 fps -47%

Far Cry 5
1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	160 (124^min) fps
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	158 fps -1%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	155 (116^min) fps -3%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (123 - 218, n=18)	154.4 fps -3%
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	154 (115^min) fps -4%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	144 (105^min) fps -10%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	142 (115^min) fps -11%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	130 (100^min) fps -19%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	128 (92^min) fps -20%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	121 (96^min) fps -24%
2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:T
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	155 fps +1%
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	155 (118^min) fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	154 (113^min) fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	152 (115^min) fps -1%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (115 - 194, n=20)	150.3 fps -2%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	123 (89^min) fps -20%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	114 (87^min) fps -26%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	106 (96^min) fps -31%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	101 (91^min) fps -34%
3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:T
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	152 (118^min) fps +36%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	112 (102^min) fps 0%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	112 (100^min) fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (75 - 113, n=11)	104.6 fps -7%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	103 (91^min) fps -8%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	62 (54^min) fps -45%

Dota 2 Reborn - 3840x2160 ultra (3/3) best looking
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	198.1 (161.6^min) fps +23%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	190.2 (152.2^min) fps +18%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (120.2 - 205, n=23)	169.4 fps +5%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	168.3 (143^min) fps +5%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	160.8 (134.2^min) fps
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	145.5 (109.1^min) fps -10%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	131 (69.3^min) fps -19%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	122.5 (105.6^min) fps -24%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	112.2 (96.4^min) fps -30%

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
1920x1080 Badass Preset (DX12)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	277 fps +48%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	187.7 fps 0%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	187.5 fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	182 fps -3%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (141.1 - 189.4, n=14)	174.3 fps -7%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	150.2 fps -20%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	109.4 fps -42%
2560x1440 Badass Preset (DX12)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	223 fps +68%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	133.8 fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	132.8 fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	130.8 fps -2%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (103.4 - 137.8, n=14)	126.3 fps -5%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	106.8 fps -20%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	75.6 fps -43%
3840x2160 Badass Preset (DX12)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	127.9 fps +80%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	71.3 fps 0%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	71.2 fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	71 fps 0%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (53.3 - 73.7, n=12)	68 fps -4%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	56 fps -21%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	35.5 fps -50%

F1 22
1920x1080 High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	351 (242^min, 180^P1) fps +27%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	318 (231^min, 173^P1) fps +15%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	296 (178^min, 58^P1) fps +7%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	280 (204^min, 121^P1) fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	276 (204^min, 115^P1) fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (199 - 322, n=19)	271 fps -2%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	210 (167^min, 128^P1) fps -24%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	198.4 (168^min, 115^P1) fps -28%
1920x1080 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	187 (149^min, 119^P1) fps +38%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	144.7 (124^min, 94^P1) fps +7%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	135.1 (113^min, 61^P1) fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	132.7 (106^min, 57^P1) fps -2%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (70.3 - 144.7, n=25)	125.3 fps -7%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	102.8 (73^min, 73^P1) fps -24%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	83.8 (73^min, 65^P1) fps -38%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	64.2 (52^min, 38^P1) fps -52%
2560x1440 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	151.1 (130^min, 105^P1) fps +65%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	92.2 (79^min, 74^P1) fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	91.4 (78^min, 71^P1) fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	90.5 (78^min, 71^P1) fps -1%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (65.9 - 92.2, n=25)	86.1 fps -6%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	69.3 (37^min, 49^P1) fps -24%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	54.7 (47^min, 46^P1) fps -40%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	40.9 (31^min, 29^P1) fps -55%
3840x2160 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	82.3 (71^min, 70^P1) fps +81%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	45.5 (38^min, 37^P1) fps 0%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	45.4 (38^min, 37^P1) fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	44.6 (38^min, 36^P1) fps -2%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (36.8 - 46.1, n=18)	44.1 fps -3%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	36.1 (24^min, 25^P1) fps -20%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	26.5 (22^min, 21^P1) fps -42%

Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty
1920x1080 Ultra Preset (FSR off)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	166.3 (45.2^min) fps +24%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	133.9 (67.5^min) fps
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	129.8 (26.2^min) fps -3%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	129.6 (54.1^min) fps -3%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	127.13 (30.07^min) fps -5%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (95.4 - 144.7, n=13)	122.7 fps -8%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	86.3 (61.1^min) fps -36%
2560x1440 Ultra Preset (FSR off)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	144.8 (80.6^min) fps +54%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	94.5 (50.3^min) fps 0%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	94.1 (57.3^min) fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (83.4 - 103.9, n=13)	91.4 fps -3%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	85.2 (59.4^min) fps -9%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	77.03 fps -18%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	51.8 (39.2^min) fps -45%
3840x2160 Ultra Preset (FSR off)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	71.8 (35.3^min) fps +65%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	43.9 (27.1^min) fps +1%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (37.4 - 50.6, n=7)	43.6 fps 0%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	43.4 (30.4^min) fps
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	37.7 (28.5^min) fps -13%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	22.3 (17.8^min) fps -49%
1920x1080 Ray Tracing Ultra Preset (DLSS off)
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	119.8 (13.9^min) fps +68%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	73.6 (31.6^min) fps +4%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (65.5 - 75.5, n=8)	71.5 fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	71.1 (19.3^min) fps
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	43.6 (33.4^min) fps -39%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	42.5 (32.6^min) fps -40%

Strange Brigade
1920x1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	463 (215^min, 337^P1) fps +25%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	385 (27.2^min, 274^P1) fps +4%
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	373 (73.3^min, 273^P1) fps +1%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	369 (31.4^min, 266^P1) fps
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (233 - 421, n=34)	355 fps -4%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	344 (145.8^min, 227^P1) fps -7%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	339 (38.9^min, 245^P1) fps -8%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	214 (24.3^min, 160.5^P1) fps -42%
Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	209 (45^min, 152.5^P1) fps -43%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	208 (39.5^min, 154.8^P1) fps -44%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	195.2 (34.4^min, 140.1^P1) fps -47%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-41-R9LN AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	195 (53.9^min, 148.4^P1) fps -47%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	190.1 (115.3^min, 138.9^P1) fps -48%
2560x1440 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	454 (24.1^min, 335^P1) fps +47%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	309 (45.6^min, 236^P1) fps
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	308 (67.2^min, 238^P1) fps 0%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	307 (102.6^min, 235^P1) fps -1%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (217 - 322, n=33)	288 fps -7%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	249 (137.9^min, 183.7^P1) fps -19%
Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	238 (38.1^min, 184.1^P1) fps -23%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	139.3 (38.8^min, 114.7^P1) fps -55%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	136.7 (54.8^min, 112.1^P1) fps -56%
Acer Nitro 17 AN17-51-71ER Intel Core i7-13700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	129.3 (59.9^min, 102.7^P1) fps -58%
SCHENKER XMG Apex 17 (Late 23) AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	126.9 (95.1^min, 103.6^P1) fps -59%
3840x2160 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	273 (58.6^min, 221^P1) fps +70%
Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	160.2 (49.6^min, 139.3^P1) fps
Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	159.8 (133.4^min, 139.2^P1) fps 0%
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	156.1 (44.7^min, 132^P1) fps -3%
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (126.3 - 298, n=22)	151.5 fps -5%
Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	130.5 (79.1^min, 110.9^P1) fps -19%
Asus TUF Gaming A17 FA707XI-NS94 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	72.6 (27.3^min, 59.7^P1) fps -55%
Razer Blade 18 RTX 4070 Intel Core i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	71.9 (29.8^min, 61.4^P1) fps -55%

Witcher 3 FPS Chart

Alienware m18 R2 i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU: Ø196.9 (185-209)

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K DLSS	4K
GTA V (2015)	185.2	181.6	179.6	137	134.7		174.9
The Witcher 3 (2015)	585.5	525.8	405.6	205.7			157.7
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	217	190.1	181.5	171.8			160.8
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	229	199.2	193.2		160.1		93.8
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	201	180.1	140.6				120.4
Far Cry 5 (2018)		181	171	160	154		112
Strange Brigade (2018)	471	387	383	369	309		160.2
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)	348.6	285.3	227.2	187.5	132.8		71.2
F1 22 (2022)	305	295	276	135.1	91.4		45.4
Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)	246.9	222.5	206.7	202	151.6		81.7
Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty (2023)	149.3	148.7	142.9	133.9	94.1		43.4
Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023)	230	215	205	160	135	110	81
Alan Wake 2 (2023)	124.6	121.4	116.9		83.1	62.3	45.2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 (2023)	276	255	220	205	160	113	106
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora (2023)	162	150	131	103	70	63	36

Emissions

System Noise

There are no major changes to fan noise behavior. The most important thing to keep in mind is that fan noise is slightly louder on Performance and Overdrive modes when compared to Balanced mode even though overall performance is generally the same between all three modes. This means that you can play on Balanced or Performance modes for a quieter experience without needing to sacrifice significant gaming performance. Overdrive mode should instead be reserved for overclocking purposes.

Fan noise profile (White: Background, Red: System idle, Blue: 3DMark 06, Orange: Witcher 3, Green: Prime95+FurMark stress)

Noise Level

Idle		23.8 / 26.1 / 31.5 dB(A)
Load		31.5 / 56.6 dB(A)

	30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud
min: , med: , max: Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 23.6 dB(A)

	Alienware m18 R2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, SK Hynix PC811 HFS002TEM9X152N	Alienware m18 R1 AMD Radeon RX 7900M, R9 7945HX, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02	Alienware m18 R1 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13980HX, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N	MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-14900HX, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0)	Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i7-13650HX, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM	Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB
Noise		1%	5%	-3%	-1%	-3%
off / environment *	23.6	22.4 5%	22.8 3%	22.8 3%	25 -6%	23 3%
Idle Minimum *	23.8	23 3%	23 3%	23.8 -0%	26 -9%	23 3%
Idle Average *	26.1	23.4 10%	23 12%	23.8 9%	28 -7%	23 12%
Idle Maximum *	31.5	33.5 -6%	23 27%	28 11%	29 8%	23 27%
Load Average *	31.5	33.5 -6%	35.6 -13%	38 -21%	41 -30%	45.26 -44%
Witcher 3 ultra *	52.1	53.6 -3%	51.3 2%	57.3 -10%	44 16%	59.82 -15%
Load Maximum *	56.6	53.6 5%	56.7 -0%	62.8 -11%	46 19%	59.94 -6%

* ... smaller is better

Temperature

Average surface temperatures are generally cooler than what we observed on the Asus ROG Strix G18. Hot spots are relegated toward the rear of the chassis to minimize skin contact.

New AC adapter is smaller than before, but it can become much warmer at over 54 C when gaming

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


38 °C 100 F	41.2 °C 106 F	35 °C 95 F
33.6 °C 92 F	36.4 °C 98 F	33.4 °C 92 F
22 °C 72 F	22 °C 72 F	22.8 °C 73 F

Maximum: 41.2 °C = 106 F
Average: 31.6 °C = 89 F


31.2 °C 88 F	32.4 °C 90 F	31.6 °C 89 F
31 °C 88 F	34.6 °C 94 F	31.2 °C 88 F
23.4 °C 74 F	24 °C 75 F	23.4 °C 74 F

Maximum: 34.6 °C = 94 F
Average: 29.2 °C = 85 F

Power Supply (max.) 45.4 °C = 114 F | Room Temperature 21 °C = 70 F | Fluke 62 Mini IR Thermometer

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


39 °C 102 F	42.8 °C 109 F	42.6 °C 109 F
35.6 °C 96 F	36.6 °C 98 F	37.4 °C 99 F
26 °C 79 F	26.2 °C 79 F	28.2 °C 83 F

Maximum: 42.8 °C = 109 F
Average: 34.9 °C = 95 F


43.6 °C 110 F	43.2 °C 110 F	43.2 °C 110 F
40.2 °C 104 F	40.4 °C 105 F	35.8 °C 96 F
31.2 °C 88 F	31.4 °C 89 F	29.6 °C 85 F

Maximum: 43.6 °C = 110 F
Average: 37.6 °C = 100 F

Room Temperature 20 °C = 68 F | Fluke 62 Mini IR Thermometer

Max. Load

Idle

Witcher 3


38.8 °C 102 F	42 °C 108 F	38.6 °C 101 F
33.2 °C 92 F	36.2 °C 97 F	33 °C 91 F
21.6 °C 71 F	22 °C 72 F	22.8 °C 73 F

Maximum: 42 °C = 108 F
Average: 32 °C = 90 F


33 °C 91 F	34.8 °C 95 F	34 °C 93 F
29 °C 84 F	31.8 °C 89 F	32.4 °C 90 F
23.2 °C 74 F	24.4 °C 76 F	22.6 °C 73 F

Maximum: 34.8 °C = 95 F
Average: 29.5 °C = 85 F

Power Supply (max.) 54 °C = 129 F | Room Temperature 20 °C = 68 F | Fluke 62 Mini IR Thermometer

(+) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 31.6 °C / 89 F, compared to the average of 33.8 °C / 93 F for the devices in the class Gaming.
(±) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 41.2 °C / 106 F, compared to the average of 40.4 °C / 105 F, ranging from 21.2 to 68.8 °C for the class Gaming.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 34.6 °C / 94 F, compared to the average of 43.2 °C / 110 F
(±) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 34.9 °C / 95 F, compared to the device average of 33.8 °C / 93 F.
(±) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 32 °C / 90 F, compared to the device average of 33.8 °C / 93 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 28.2 °C / 82.8 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(±) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.9 °C / 84 F (+0.7 °C / 1.2 F).

	Alienware m18 R2 Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	Alienware m18 R1 AMD AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, AMD Radeon RX 7900M	Alienware m18 R1 Intel Core i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG Intel Core i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI Intel Core i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 Intel Core i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
Heat		13%	17%	9%	5%	-4%
Maximum Upper Side *	41.2	40.2 2%	39 5%	37.8 8%	45 -9%	35 15%
Maximum Bottom *	34.6	37.4 -8%	36.4 -5%	37.6 -9%	47 -36%	56 -62%
Idle Upper Side *	42.8	31.6 26%	29.2 32%	34.8 19%	28 35%	34 21%
Idle Bottom *	43.6	30.6 30%	27.8 36%	36 17%	31 29%	39 11%

* ... smaller is better

Speakers

Frequency diagram (checkboxes can be checked and unchecked to compare devices)

Alienware m18 R2 audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (82.5 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 22.1% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (14% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.1% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (6.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (17% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 42% of all tested devices in this class were better, 12% similar, 46% worse
» The best had a delta of 6%, average was 18%, worst was 132%
Compared to all devices tested
» 25% of all tested devices were better, 7% similar, 67% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

Apple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Pro audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (84.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(+) | good bass - only 3.8% away from median
(+) | bass is linear (5.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 1.3% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (2.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 1.9% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (2.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (4.6% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 0% of all tested devices in this class were better, 0% similar, 100% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 18%, worst was 45%
Compared to all devices tested
» 0% of all tested devices were better, 0% similar, 100% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

Energy Management

Power Consumption

Running Witcher 3 to represent typical gaming loads would draw an average of 328 W to be slightly higher than what we recorded on last year's m18 R1 Intel version. As such, there are no major gains in terms of performance-per-watt since the underlying hardware has not changed.

New this year is the higher capacity 360 W AC adapter whereas the m18 R1 ships with a 330 W one. The newer adapter is smaller as well (~18.9 x 8.6 x 2.6 cm vs. ~19.5 x 9.8 x 4 cm) due to the switch to GaN technology. The higher capacity adapter reduces the chances of throttling while allowing for faster charging if running demanding loads simultaneously.

(Editor's note: This section will be updated when repairs on our Metrahit Energy multimeter are completed. We apologize for the inconvenience.)

Power Consumption



Key: min: , med: , max: Metrahit Energy Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.

	Alienware m18 R1 AMD R9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M, Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1T02, IPS, 1920x1200, 18.00	Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, SK hynix PC801 HFS001TEJ9X101N, IPS, 1920x1200, 18.00	MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, 2x Samsung PM9A1a MZVL22T0HDLB (RAID 0), Mini-LED, 3840x2400, 18.00	Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM, IPS, 2560x1600, 18.00	Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL22T0HBLB, IPS, 2560x1600, 18.00
Power Consumption
Idle Minimum *	30.3	21.6	13.2	8	16
Idle Average *	55.6	25.2	25.4	15	19
Idle Maximum *	101.1	56.7	53.5	26	21.3
Load Average *	160.3	164.1	151.4	102	124
Witcher 3 ultra *	216	311	336	178.6	289
Load Maximum *	332.1	338.9	395.2	267	319

* ... smaller is better

Power Consumption Witcher 3 / Stresstest

Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU; Witcher 3 ultra: Ø311 (305-332)

Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU; 1280x720 Prime95 28.10 and Furmark 1.25: Ø335 (326-339)

Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU; Idle 150cd/m2: Ø24.9 (23.1-32.8)

Power Consumption external Monitor

Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø262 (239-295)

Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø291 (287-295)

Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø264 (253-273)

Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø307 (301-330)

Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø23.2 (17.2-48.7)

Battery Life

Runtimes remain about the same as before if not slightly longer by about half an hour. This is in contrast to our m18 R1 AMD configuration which exhibited battery draining issues during testing.

Charging via USB-C is still not possible.

Battery Runtime


WiFi Websurfing		4h 50min

	Alienware m18 R2 i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, 97 Wh	Alienware m18 R1 AMD R9 7945HX, Radeon RX 7900M, 97 Wh	Alienware m18 R1 i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, 97 Wh	MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, 99.9 Wh	Asus ROG Strix G18 G814JI i7-13650HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, 90 Wh	Acer Predator Helios 18 N23Q2 i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, 90 Wh
Battery Runtime		-71%	-10%	-13%	67%	-9%
WiFi v1.3	290	85 -71%	260 -10%	252 -13%	484 67%	264 -9%
Reader / Idle		268	334	353	702
Load		41	44	72	71	103
H.264						290

Pros

+ comfortable ultra low-profile mechanical keyboard

+ high performance 175 W GeForce RTX graphics

+ integrated 5 Gbps RJ-45 port

+ rigid metal chassis

Cons

- no notable performance benefits over last year's model

- display exhibits moderate uneven backlight bleeding

- heavier than other 18-inch laptops

- no Windows variable refresh rate

Verdict — More Like An Alienware m18 R1.1

Gaming laptops are in a difficult position this year. The Raptor Lake-HX refresh CPUs perform almost identically to their 2023 counterparts while nothing new has been announced to supplant the year-old RTX 4090. As a result, new gaming laptops like the Alienware m18 R2 are more or less stuck using the same parts as last year's models. Users in the market for the Alienware m18 R2 should therefore expect performance levels to be on the same level as the Alienware m18 R1.

The Alienware m18 R2 is a sideways step when compared to the Alienware m18 R1. It's still one of the fastest gaming laptops around, but the year-over-year improvements are marginal at best.

There are a couple of minor improvements such as the faster RJ-45 port, smaller AC adapter and newer SSD options, but the user experience is essentially the same. We recommend considering the m18 R1 before the m18 R2 especially since the m18 R1 is now less expensive.

Price and Availability

Dell is now shipping the Alienware m18 R2 starting at $1900 USD for the base Core i7-14650HX, GeForce RTX 4060, and 1600p165 display configuration up to over $3200 of configured with the Core i9-14900HX, RTX 4090, and 1200p480 display.

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Chassis

91 / 98 → 93%

Keyboard

91%

Pointing Device

86%

Connectivity

71 / 80 → 89%

Weight

50 / 10-66 → 72%

Battery

63 / 95 → 66%

Display

85%

Games Performance

100%

Application Performance

98%

Temperature

89 / 95 → 94%

Noise

78 / 90 → 87%

Audio

80%

Camera

44 / 85 → 51%

Average

79%

90%

Gaming - Weighted Average

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Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit in comparison
Toshiba Satellite W30Dt-A-100 (min) A4-1200, Radeon HD 8180	33
...
Asus ROG Strix G16 G614JZ i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	4764
Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 2023 G834JY-N6005W i9-13980HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	4781
MSI Titan 18 HX A14VIG i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	4782
Alienware m18 R2 i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	4807
Asus ROG Strix Scar 16 G634JZR i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	4809
R9 7900X, Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)	4809
R9 7900X, Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)	4811
...
(max) TR Pro 7995WX, RTX 6000 Ada Generation	15842

3DMark 11 in comparison
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex-1570 81CA000RUS (min) i5-8550U, GeForce MX130	28
...
i9-13900K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	47984
R9 7900X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	48185
i9-13900K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	48533
Alienware m18 R2 i9-14900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	48622
SCHENKER XMG Neo 16 Raptor Lake i9-13900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	48733
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X R9 7950X, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	48825
MSI Titan GT77 HX 13VI i9-13950HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	49253
...
(max) R7 7800X3D, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	72163

Alienware m18 R2 laptop review: Jumping from Core i9-13980HX to i9-14900HX

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Case — Still Big With A Rear Thermal Deck

Size Comparison

SD Card Reader

Communication

Webcam

Maintenance

Display — 1200p or 1600p?

Display Response Times

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

Performance — Raptor Lake-HX Refresh

Testing Conditions

Processor

Cinebench R15 Multi Loop

Stress Test

System Performance

DPC Latency

Storage Devices

Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

GPU Performance — 175 W TGP Graphics

Gaming Performance

Witcher 3 FPS Chart

Emissions

System Noise

Temperature

Speakers

Alienware m18 R2 audio analysis

Apple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Pro audio analysis

Energy Management

Power Consumption

Power Consumption Witcher 3 / Stresstest

Power Consumption external Monitor

Battery Life

Pros

Cons

Verdict — More Like An Alienware m18 R1.1

Price and Availability

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