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Size
18"
Operating System
Windows 11
Size
18"
Operating System
Windows 11
Our Verdict
Dell Alienware m18 (2023)
Dell Alienware m18 R2 (2024)
The Dell Alienware m18 R2 (2024) is a newer version of the Dell Alienware m18 (2023). The newer model only has a few changes that make it slightly better, including faster Intel 14th Gen CPUs and Wi-Fi 7 support. However, it gets hotter and louder than its predecessor under load.
Variants
- Alienware m18 (AWM18) (Dark Metallic Moon - FHD/480Hz/Ryzen 9 7845HX/RTX 4070/32GB/1TB)
- Alienware m18 (AWM18-A780BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - FHD/480Hz/Ryzen 9 7845HX/RTX 4080/32GB/1TB)
- Alienware m18 (AWM18-A145BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - FHD/480Hz/Ryzen 9 7845HX/RTX 4080/32GB/512GB)
- Alienware m18 (AWM18-A791BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - QHD/165Hz/Ryzen 9 7845HX/RTX 4070/32GB/1TB)
- Alienware m18 R2 (AWM18R) (Dark Metallic Moon - FHD/480Hz/i9-14900HX/RTX 4080/32GB/1TB)
- Alienware m18 R2 (AWM18R-9494BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - QHD/165Hz/i9-14900HX/RTX 4070/32GB/1TB)
- Alienware m18 R2 (AWM18R-9583BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - QHD/165Hz/i9-14900HX/RTX 4080/32GB/1TB)
Main Differences for
School
School
Threshold
School
6.1
Full Comparison
Design
Style
Style Photo
Form Factor
Traditional (Clamshell)
Traditional (Clamshell)
Build Quality
9.0
9.0
Build Quality Photo
Hinge
9.2
9.2
Hinge Photo
Range
145°
145°
Stability
Good
Good
One Finger Lift
Yes
Yes
Portability
2.4
2.7
Dimensions Photo
Size
18"
18"
Thickness
1.1" (2.9 cm)
1.2" (3.1 cm)
Width
16.2" (41.1 cm)
16.2" (41.2 cm)
Depth
12.6" (32.0 cm)
12.6" (32.0 cm)
Volume
232.8 in³ (3,814.8 cm³)
249.4 in³ (4,087.0 cm³)
Weight
8.6 lbs (3.9 kg)
8.7 lbs (3.9 kg)
Charger Size
51.3 in³ (840.0 cm³)
25.2 in³ (412.8 cm³)
Charger Weight
3.7 lbs (1.7 kg)
2.3 lbs (1.0 kg)
Serviceability
9.1
9.1
Internals Photo
Ease Of Access
9.0
9.0
RAM Slots
2
2
Storage Slots
3
4
Replaceable Battery
Yes
Yes
Replaceable Wireless Adapter
Yes
Yes
In The Box
In The Box Photo
Display
Screen Specs
Display Photo
Resolution
1920 x 1200
1920 x 1200
Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:10
Pixel Density
126 PPI
125 PPI
Panel Type
IPS
IPS
Touch Screen
No
No
Screen-To-Body Ratio
84%
86%
Refresh Rate
9.8
9.8
Motion Blur
Refresh Rate
480 Hz
480 Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-SYNC
G-SYNC
Contrast
7.1
6.9
Contrast Photo
Native Contrast
1,194 : 1
1,080 : 1
Brightness
7.5
6.6
Maximum Brightness
343 cd/m²
266 cd/m²
Minimum Brightness
2 cd/m²
14 cd/m²
Reflections
7.1
7.5
Reflections Photo Off
Reflections Photo Max
Screen Finish
Matte
Matte
Total Reflections
5.71%
5.37%
Indirect Reflections
4.09%
4.74%
Calculated Direct Reflections
1.62%
0.63%
Black Uniformity
6.7
5.7
Black Uniformity Photo
Uniformity (Std. Dev.)
1.526%
2.180%
Horizontal Viewing Angle
6.5
Horizontal Viewing Angle Video
Horizontal Chroma Picture
Color Washout From Left
24°
Color Washout From Right
24°
Horizontal Hue Picture
Color Shift From Left
31°
Color Shift From Right
37°
Horizontal Lightness Picture
Brightness Loss From Left
28°
Brightness Loss From Right
28°
Black Level Raise From Left
60°
Black Level Raise From Right
60°
Gamma Shift From Left
28°
Gamma Shift From Right
27°
Vertical Viewing Angle
6.7
Vertical Viewing Angle Video
Vertical Chroma Picture
Color Washout From Below
26°
Color Washout From Above
27°
Vertical Hue Picture
Color Shift From Below
34°
Color Shift From Above
37°
Vertical Lightness Picture
Brightness Loss From Below
28°
Brightness Loss From Above
29°
Black Level Raise From Below
45°
Black Level Raise From Above
45°
Gamma Shift From Below
32°
Gamma Shift From Above
34°
Out-Of-The-Box Color Accuracy
7.0
4.0
White Balance Screencap
Gamma Curve Screencap
Color Screencap
Avg. White Balance dE
2.88
5.99
Avg. Gamma
2.33
2.1
Avg. Color dE
3.87
5.28
Avg. Color Temperature
6,590 K
5,908 K
Color Gamut
9.6
9.4
Gamut SDR
sRGB xy
142.98%
99.9%
sRGB uv
139.44%
99.58%
Adobe RGB xy
91.08%
88.8%
Adobe RGB uv
96.14%
94.83%
Gamut HDR
DCI-P3 xy
99.26%
99.26%
DCI-P3 uv
99.65%
98.86%
Rec. 2020 xy
75.56%
73.22%
Rec. 2020 uv
80.59%
75.49%
Flicker
10
10
Flicker Graph
Flicker-Free
Yes
Yes
Flicker Frequency
No Flicker
No Flicker
Flicker Active Below
0%
0%
Interface
Keyboard
8.8
9.2
Keyboard Photo
Typing Quality
8.5
9.0
Numpad
Yes
Yes
Backlighting
Per-Key RGB
Per-Key RGB
Key Switch Actuation Graph
Operating Force
70 gf
61 gf
Actuation Force
32 gf
38 gf
Pre-Travel
1.27 mm
1.14 mm
Total Travel
1.79 mm
1.76 mm
Touchpad
8.2
8.2
Touchpad Photo
Tracking Quality
8.0
8.0
Size
16.7 in² (108.0 cm²)
16.7 in² (108.0 cm²)
Material
Glass
Glass
Dedicated Buttons
No
No
Speakers
8.7
7.6
Frequency Response Plot
Max Volume
78 dB SPL
76 dB SPL
Standard Error @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
4.2 dB
5.4 dB
Slope @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
1.0
0.7
Bass Extension (Low-Frequency Ext.)
236 Hz
364 Hz
Treble Extension (High-Frequency Ext.)
16 kHz
16 kHz
Dynamic Range Compression @ Max Vol.
0.8 dB
0.7 dB
Webcam & Microphone
7.8
7.4
Webcam Video Sample
Video Quality
8.0
7.5
Resolution
1080p
1080p
Position
Top Center
Top Center
Privacy Cover
No
No
Face Unlock
Yes
Yes
Connectivity
Ports
9.5
9.5
Ports Photo
USB-A Ports
3
3
USB-C Ports
3
3
Thunderbolt
No
Thunderbolt 4
USB-C Charging
Yes
Yes
USB-C Display Out
Yes
Yes
HDMI
2.1
2.1
DisplayPort
Mini DisplayPort 1.4
Mini DisplayPort 1.4
3.5mm Jack
Combo mic/headphone
Combo mic/headphone
Card Reader
SD UHS 2
SD UHS 2
Ethernet
Yes
Yes
Proprietary Port
Alienware Power Adapter Port
Alienware Power Adapter Port
Security Lock
No
No
Wireless Communication
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth
5.2
5.4
Configuration
CPU
Brand
AMD
Intel
Model
Ryzen 9 7845HX
Core i9-14900HX
Core Count
12
24
Thread Count
24
32
GPU
Brand
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Model
GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
Dedicated/Integrated
Dedicated
Dedicated
VRAM Size
12 GB
12 GB
GPU Total Graphics Power (TGP)
175W
RAM
Capacity
32 GB
32 GB
Modules
2
2
Type
DDR5
DDR5
Speed
4,800 MHz
5,600 MHz
Storage
Advertised Capacity
512 GB
1,000 GB
Usable Capacity
392 GB
919 GB
Drive 1
Western Digital PC SN810 NVMe
Western Digital PC SN810 NVMe
Drive 1 Type
SSD
SSD
Drive 2
No 2nd Drive
No 2nd Drive
Drive 2 Type
No 2nd Drive
No 2nd Drive
Performance
Geekbench 5 (Synthetics)
10
Geekbench Image
CPU Single-Thread
2,011 points
CPU Multi-Thread
16,625 points
GPU Compute
202,907 points
CPU/RAM Performance
8.3
Cinebench 2024 - Single Core
123 points
Cinebench 2024 - Multi Core
1,681 points
Geekbench 6 - Single Core
2,929
Geekbench 6 - Multi Core
18,271
Blender - CPU (Avg)
135 samples/min
PassMark PT - CPU Mark
51,828
PassMark PT - Memory Mark
3,666
PassMark PT - Memory Mark (Android)
N/A
Mozilla Kraken
316 ms
Cinebench R23 (CPU Rendering)
10
Cinebench R23 Photo
Single-Thread
1,875 points
Multi-Thread
26,181 points
Low Tier Graphics
8.4
Geekbench 6 - GPU Compute
189,527
Basemark Web 3.0
1,309
PassMark PT - 2D Mark
766
PassMark PT - 2D Mark (Android)
N/A
PassMark PT - 3D Mark
25,927
PassMark PT - 3D Mark (Android)
N/A
Novabench 5 - GPU
1,681.0
mprep - Stress My GPU
151,520
Blender (3D Rendering)
9.6
Blender Image
CPU Render Time
1.6 min
GPU Render Time
0.2 min
GPU Render Time (Optix)
7 s
High Tier Graphics
8.6
3DMark - Steel Nomad (DX12)
4,405
3DMark - Steel Nomad (Vulkan/Metal)
4,801
Basemark GPU (DX12)
231,471
Basemark GPU (Vulkan/Metal)
210,614
GFXBench - High Level Test (Vulkan/Metal)
14,792 Frames
Basemark GPU (Game Scene)
10
Basemark Image
Overall Score
211,669
Professional 3D (GPU Accelerated)
6.9
Blender - GPU (Avg)
1,924 samples/min
Cinebench 2024 - GPU
18,303 points
CPU-Intensive Game Performance
8.5
Civilization VII - AI
17.5 s/turn
Civilization VII - Graphics (Avg)
256.9 fps
Civilization VII - Graphics (1% Low)
133.3 fps
Total War: Warhammer III (Avg)
128.7 fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (Avg)
86.5 fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (1% Low)
59.0 fps
Previous Methodology Score
9.1
Previous Methodology Score Converted
8.6
GPU-Intensive Game Performance
8.2
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
102.9 fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
87.9 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
55 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
47 fps
GTA V (Avg)
164.4 fps
GTA V (1% Low)
65.3 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
66 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
58 fps
Resident Evil 4 (Avg)
128.5 fps
Resident Evil 4 (1% Low)
71.2 fps
Previous Methodology Score
9.4
Previous Methodology Score Converted
8.0
Borderlands 3
8.3
Borderlands 3 Graph
Avg. FPS
157 fps
1% Low
79 fps
0.1% Low
34 fps
1% Low Delta
6 ms
0.1% Low Delta
23 ms
Avg. FPS On Very Low
259 fps
Ray Tracing Performance
6.9
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
78.2 fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
69.4 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
44 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
37 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
45 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
38 fps
Civilization VI
9.2
Civilization VI Graph
Avg. FPS
242 fps
1% Low
167 fps
0.1% Low
115 fps
1% Low Delta
2 ms
0.1% Low Delta
5 ms
Avg. FPS On Minimum
362 fps
Avg. Turn Time
6.2 s
Storage Drive Performance
9.7
9.7
Storage Performance Image
Sequential Write Speed
2,211.9 MB/s
2,713.0 MB/s
Sequential Read Speed
4,763.8 MB/s
5,222.0 MB/s
Random Write Speed
135.0 MB/s
116.9 MB/s
Random Read Speed
72.0 MB/s
69.0 MB/s
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
9.7
CS:GO graph
Avg. FPS
508 fps
1% Low
256 fps
0.1% Low
156 fps
1% Low Delta
2 ms
0.1% Low Delta
4 ms
Avg. FPS On Low
622 fps
Battery
3.0
3.8
Capacity
97 Wh
97 Wh
Battery Life (Web Browsing)
3.2 hrs
4.1 hrs
Battery Life (Video Playback)
2.6 hrs
3.1 hrs
Battery Life (Gaming)
0.8 hrs
1.2 hrs
Charge Time
2.8 hrs
2.8 hrs
Counter-Strike 2
CS2 Graph
Avg. FPS
1% Low
0.1% Low
1% Low Delta
0.1% Low Delta
Avg. FPS On Low
Thermals And Noise
6.7
5.4
Keyboard Temps Picture
Keyboard Temp While Idle
30 °C (85 °F)
46 °C (115 °F)
Keyboard Temp Under Load
44 °C (111 °F)
50 °C (122 °F)
Fan Noise While Idle
25.5 dBA
25.0 dBA
Fan Noise Under Load
54.0 dBA
55.0 dBA
Power & Fan Control App
Yes
Yes
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
9.1
SOTTR Graph
Avg. FPS
173 fps
1% Low
105 fps
0.1% Low
73 fps
1% Low Delta
4 ms
0.1% Low Delta
8 ms
Avg. FPS On Lowest
181 fps
Performance Over Time
9.9
9.9
Performance Over Time Graph
CPU Temp (Cinebench)
100 °C
99 °C
CPU Perf. Loss (Cinebench)
1% loss
1% loss
GPU Temp (Heaven)
73 °C
68 °C
GPU Perf. Loss (Heaven)
0% loss
0% loss
Additional Features And Software
Software
Operating System
Windows 11
Windows 11
Additional Software
Yes
Yes
Extra Features
Biometrics
Face Recognition
Face Recognition
RGB Illumination
Yes
Yes
Touch Pen Support
No Stylus Support
Secondary Display
No
No
Touch Pen
No
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